He was often allowed to leave for work release to help the government build a case against Bear Stearns. He definitely had to stay there during the weekends. A

He was often allowed to leave for work release to help the government build a case against Bear Stearns. He definitely had to stay there during the weekends. According to federal prosecutors, only one of the girls would agree tontesitfy against him and that wasn't enough to get a conviction. If you read about the case in sources that aren't determined to link the whole thing to a Bill Clinton conspiracy, you'll see it wasn't an open and shut case. It's pretty likely prosecutors agreed to a deal because they thoght he'd walk otherwise. The local DA convened a grand jury and they thought there was only enough evidence to support fairly minor charges. Maybe he was paying off witnesses, but you need evidence of that. Regardless he still spent time in jail.