Reach, while no sane person supports the actions that landed this person in jail, unless you know the context of the person's situation, their stress-ors and influences, then I suggest you restrict you commentary to something a bit less critical.
From my experience with this individual, both in the cockpit and occasionally socially, he was a person of high standards of professionalism and integrity. Quite unusual around here. Somehow or other he made a very human mistake.