I hope Bob is depressed enough from his "taste" of hard prison life to not be so arrogant as to "force" the state of Michigan to go to trial on these charges. He needs to plead guilty and make the best of whatever years he has left.
Surely even Master Bobb must be able to see the inevitable. He is already sentenced to 17 to 28 years. He could potentially die in prison even without these new charges. He is not a young man.
And he faces what, 6 charges, about 3 of which are mandatory LWOP? He cannot win acquittals on all of them at trial, and if he insists on a trial, he will only be f*@$ing with the system. But that might be enough for an arrogant man who is already facing 17-28, to insist on a trial. He has nothing to lose.
The "only" bargaining chip he potentially has, imo, is to plead guilty to murder 1 in exchange for dropping the other charges, and try to barter for incarceration at the prison of his choice, closest to Nancy. Realistically, his only regular visitor will probably be Nancy (mom), and she isn't young. I doubt his kids will be regular visitors. S1 and S2 have pretty much abandoned the fairytale threesome for a hefty dose of reality. The Rotary ex-pals aren't likely to be regular visitors.
Big Bobb is alone. Sleeping on a thin pad, stinky, incarcerated, eating crappy food, crapping on a cold metal potty in full view of the guards, and probably in protective admin seg, alone with his thoughts and memories 23 or so hours a day. He is done. Game over. It is thin comfort for the loss of a vibrant woman who was loved by nearly everyone. There isn't enough misery in the rest of his lifetime locked up, to replace the joy and companionship, and vitality that Jane had left in her life. But that said, I do hope the charges today bring some measure of comfort to her family.
I cannot imagine the emotional and mental torture the kids are going thru. My prayers for them.
And a big snowy happy "Hello" to Curious Portlander and all of the ex-Hinkies! Miss all you guys!