Prison probably saved his life, to even get involved in something like this, as a "suspect", he probably would've died or something later on.

so look at it in a good sense, hes walking away still living, and with a ton of money.


Like for example.

A guy chooses to take a cab from work instead of driving.
that same day, the road he takes to and from work suddenly..blew up.

Thus saving his life.