guilty to murder in the second degree. and in march 2 thousand 2007 not yet a year since the killing they entered a courtroom. reporter: you went to the sentencing. i did. the first time i saw them. i didn t think i could feel so much anger and sorrow and sadness. i remember thinking i didn t think i could be this mad. yes. reporter: in the courtroom, jessica reid and greg fester each apologized to the stock family. and then the judge handed down their sentences. for fester, two consecutive life terms plus another 10 to 20 for using a weapon. for reid, the first to the courthouse, remember, no break at all. the same sentence. two life terms back-to-back. no parole, ever.
many nebraskans, then surely it was this. but to all the mystifying moves by police and prosecutors, add one more. a judge ruled that the county attorney actually missed the deadline to seek the death penalty. first degree murder for greg fester was off the table. before long, a new deal was reached. both fester and reid pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree. and in march 2007, not yet a year since the killings, they entered a courtroom. you went to the sentencing? we did. it was the first time we saw them. i didn t think i could feel so much anger and sorrow and sadness. i remember thinking i didn t think i could be this mad. yes. reporter: in the courtroom, jessica reid and greg fester each apologized to the stock family. and then the judge handed down their sentences. for fester, two consecutive life terms plus another 10 to 20 for using a weapon.
before long, a new deal was reached. both fester and reid pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree. and in march 2 thousand 2007 not yet a year since the killing they entered a courtroom. reporter: you went to the sentencing. i did. the first time i saw them. i didn t think i could feel so much anger and sorrow and sadness. i remember thinking i didn t think i could be this mad. yes. reporter: in the courtroom, jessica reid and greg fester each apologized to the stock family. and then the judge handed down their sentences. for fester, two consecutive life terms plus another 10 to 20 for using a weapon. for reid, the first to the courthouse, remember, no break at all. the same sentence. two life terms back-to-back. no parole, ever. and for the stock family, ever graceful and remarkably forgiving people, afterwards?
before long, a new deal was reached. both fester and reid pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree. and in march 2007, not yet a year since the killing, they entered a courtroom. reporter: you went to the sentencing. i did. the first time i saw them. i didn t think i could feel so much anger and sorrow and sadness. i remember thinking i didn t think i could be this mad. yes. reporter: in the courtroom, jessica reid and greg fester each apologized to the stock family. and then the judge handed down their sentences. for fester, two consecutive life terms plus another 10 to 20 for using a weapon. for reid, the first to the courthouse, remember, no break at all. the same sentence. two life terms back-to-back. no parole, ever. and for the stock family, ever
a judge ruled the county attorney actually missed the deadline to seek the death penalty. first degree murder for greg fester was off the table. before long, a new deal was reached. both fester and reid pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree. and in march 2007, not yet a year since the killing, they entered a courtroom. reporter: you went to the sentencing. i did. the first time i saw them. i didn t think i could feel so much anger and sorrow and sadness. i remember thinking i didn t think i could be this mad. yes. reporter: in the courtroom, jessica reid and greg fester each apologized to the stock family. and then the judge handed down their sentences. for fester, two consecutive life terms plus another 10 to 20 for using a weapon. for reid, the first to the courthouse, remember, no break