His trial is coming soon. Bubba’s basically champing at the bit to get his hands on him at this point. There is absolutely no way he’s getting under 25 years.
Strangling someone is pretty up close and personal and you have time to reconsider the vile shit you're doing. No way it's anything but first.
It's felony murder mate, he can't get less than 40 years.
It's first degree murder. He wasn't committing some other felony that just happened to end in someone dead.