Time will tell. IMO, it was a well crafted speech by his lawyers. The speech was simple and well rehearsed. Our country tends to give people a second chance. Vick's choice of the "Guilty Plea" most probably will have provided that chance. I believe if the trial had moved forward and the people heard all of the gruesome details of the killing of the dogs that Vick could never have found a NFL team on which to play. The news media would have run the bloody details into the ground.