What is hard to understand about this? If you voluntarily decide to take in criminal activities, you can't snitch...
Where you dudes from? Mad people have done exactly what you're saying. Of course, many haven't and turned snitch, but the reality us that the majority of them get they karma...
The feds have a point system based off of your priors, in addition to classifying his current charges. So the charges he pled to will carry a certain amount of time, plus the points from his priors will be added...
I have to think that by letting him cut a deal, they will forego some of the felonies he copped to, and probably disregard his prior record, too. He not getting outta this with less than a dime, and I wouldn't be surprised if he got anything up to 30. All within the realm of possibility, but his cooperation means that they not gonna slam him with the 47...
He still finished though. He gonna do anywhere from 10-30 years and either have to do all of his time on a PC block, where everybody is food like him if they touch pop anywhere, or disregard PC protection and roll like a G to the compound...
In which case, they got Whitey Bulger for thinking shyt was sweet, he rebuffed PC because he didn't think he needed it. If they got Whitey, 69 is a walking lick if he truly goes gangsta and says he wants to walk the yard in pop. There will not be a shortage of individuals waiting for his neck...
My guess? He not built like that, so he'll ask that his location is never publicly disclosed, and attempt to do his entire bid in a PC house. That can get lonely. Even in PC, fights happen. But if he ever touches the mainline yards at a fed camp, he in some big trouble...