[radicaldreamer]

Odd that the defendant used a federal public defender instead of a private attorney and the lack of a plea deal here (in exchange for cooperation?)

[beachy]

Perhaps it was explained to him that he better go down quietly or his loved ones might get bonesawed.

[tick_tock_tick]

He fled the country probably had no reason plans of defending himself.

[JumpCrisscross]

> He fled the country

We don’t convict in absentia. This is the one who got left behind.