Knowing the judge is convinced your business was a criminal activity. Would you risk 20years and plead not guilty, or keep a low profile plead guilty and risk 5 years max? You have childs, you want to be there for them, what do you do? Do you trust justice so much to stand your point?
It's not so easy, justice is not to be trusted, it's a hard choice. It's for people like us to support him, this judgment did not get nearly enough support from the crypto community, there should have been 1000s of people chearing for him in this court room