Regardless of his conviction or lack there of, the man left the woman in his car to drown, and didn't report the accident for 9 hours after it happened. A decent human being tries to save the woman in the car. A decent responsible human being calls for help. Obviously Teddy wasn't a decent human being. To Teddy the woman's death was little more than an inconvenience to what he wanted! He is a POS, and wasn't worthy of the office he held!