This is the correct answer. This was my position on Snowden and Assange as well.

One of the things that made King such a powerful foil to the status quo was his willingness to submit to the legal system. It put it in everyone’s faces, what was going on in America.

This guy should turn himself in very publicly and go to trial so he can be acquitted by a jury.

(I believe he should be tried but he definitely shouldn’t be convicted or punished.)