Anything is possible. So far, Nick Rekieta hasn't yet experienced in full the consequences of his actions. He spent a few hours in jail when he was booked, sure, but there remains a fair-to-middling possibility he'll do real time either in county or in prison. However hellish (or not) incarceration may be for him, time in a tiny concrete box tends to focus the mind. A hopeless and homeless drunk, I had my moment of clarity in a jail cell, for example, and called out to a God I didn't believe in to let me die or make me well. He made me well, for which I'm eternally grateful. Life is good.
So maybe, just maybe Rekieta will have a similar experience. You never know.