prison. outside court, the burkes leave for the last time. their sentence is for life. it s never going to be done. christian was our child. he s our flesh and blood. he s someone that was so important to us. we would have given our lives for him. our job now is just to get the word out there to other people so that no other families have to go through this kind of thing and to honor our son and to honor his memory. only kids and young adults sitting in here today please tell them the story. since their son christian s death, the burkes have become activists, getting out the word on the dangers of synthetic drugs. thanks to their efforts, north dakota has put in new legislation banning a number of synthetics and federally, the drug that killed christian and eli is now on the list of banned substances.
got the drugs from andrew, the teen who bought the drugs and shared them with christine and several low level dealers are all behind bars. let s hear it one for time for our 2011 student athletes. i know exactly what he was saying to me. he was actually telling me he was hungry and he wanted to eat right after game. i was going to go out with some friends and get a sandwich. and at the hearings and sentencings, debbie has been there to speak about her son christian and play this video. it s one thing to read a name on a sheet of paper that this person died. it s another thing to see actual footage of them talking, walking, being with their family. she will be there when charles carlton is sentenced.
is let as many people know as possible that no matter how hard you try to be safe or no matter how hard or how well you think you have it under control, somebody is going to get hurt or even die. these chemicals are so dangerous that all it takes is for someone to just have some of it and not know what they have. yet you did think that. you thought you were smart enough to handle it and smart th smart enough to think that your customers knew what the hell they were doing. that s right. he s the 15th person so far to be prosecuted under the north dakota federal drug case now called operation stolen youth. it began with the deaths of christian and eli stye. andrew who bought the drugs online from carlton, adam who
responsible for. at the federal courthouse, the family of christian is already heading inside. they have been at most of the hearings and sentencings to show this video and pictures of their 18-year-old son before and even after he was found dead on a grand forks sidewalk. carlton is struggling with what to say to them. he s also struggling knowing he could spend the next two decades an as long as the rest of his life behind bars. make no mistake it s going to completely change my life. i will never be able to come back out and go home to the same place i left whether it be ten or 20. i am extremely nervous. i owe an apology to so many people and i have been grappling with how to do it. every single person in the courtroom i will owe an apology to on both sides which youing
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