They should have tried to reach a plea deal in that case, given that Jussie just did that anyway. They still got damaged after this and looking like incompetent assholes.
A plea deal would require him to admit guilt though.
If he doesn't want to do that and have his day in court regardless of the evidence against him... and again, the dude
staged a hate crime to get a pay rise... do you want him
having that day in court?
Like, the crime he would be being prosecuted for is some weak sauce shit on its own.
If he's not going to cop to it under any circumstance, their options are take it to trial or drop it. That's literally the options available.