He didn't want to go to prison so he killed himself

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So instead of accepting he might get a three year sentence (and have to serve about one year in prison) he gave himself a 'life' sentence. It seems he'd been threatening to kill himself off and on for a few years (every time he got depressed) and his wife finally got tired of hearing it and said "Well do it'. And he hung himself. Third DUI/driving with no license conviction...which he brought on himself...and he couldn't handle the consequences. He may have been an old friend, but...he made me a bit mad. I knew he was depressed...but I didn't know why until yesterday. And having been 'in the pen' several times myself over the years (I wasn't always this charming debonair person after all) I know that a year goes by pretty fast, actually. Being dead forever though...well, that lasts a long time. If the choice had been mine? Lock me up. I wouldn't like it...but I'd see you in about a year or so. Instead of never again.