ever been through. i ve dreaded this whole process, dreaded it for the fact i have to look in these faces. i ve lost countless hours of sleep trying to avoid the nightmares of that night replaying in my head over and over again. i dread it so much i thought i couldn t do any more, that i couldn t bear to get up out of bed in the morning. but i did, and i will keep doing it. i hope during your sentence you will reflect on your terrible decisions and actions of wrongdoing and in your punishment you can become a better person. thank you very much. one by one, they stand before the judge. i would just like to apologize to the victims for my involvement in this event. i just want to take responsibility for my actions. what happened to her was never supposed to happen. i would like to apologize to the victims and all their families and the community and the court system and my family as well. and i take full responsibility for what i did. i hope my sentence does make me a bette
the charges are home invasion, armed robbery and criminal sexual conduct. the victim of the latter crime is a female college student. people versus rederick melton. people versus brandon townes. people versus james hodges jr. people versus dorian jones. for the record, we have all four defendants with their respective counsel. mr. becker. your honor, these kids are ready for sentencing at this point in time. i know we have a victim that wishes to speak and address the court all at once. i ll hear from the victim first, please. you do not need to state your name. go ahead, please. this whole crime has honestly been the worst struggle i ve been through. i ve dreaded this whole process, dreaded it for the fact i have to look in these faces. i ve lost countless hours of sleep trying to avoid the nightmares of that night replaying in my head over and over again.
armed robbery and criminal sexual conduct. the victim of the latter crime is a female college student. people versus rederick melton. people versus brandon townes. people versus james hodges jr. people versus dorian jones. for the record, we have all four defendants with their respective counsel. mr. becker. your honor, these kids are ready for sentencing at this point in time. i know we have a victim that wishes to speak and address the court all at once. i ll hear from the victim first, please. you do not need to state your name. go ahead, please. this whole crime has honestly been the worst struggle i ve been through. i ve dreaded this whole process, dreaded it for the fact i have to look in these faces. i ve lost countless hours of sleep trying to avoid the nightmares of that night replaying in my head over and over again.
armed robbery and criminal sexual conduct. the victim of the latter crime is a female college student. people versus rederick melton. people versus brandon townes. people versus james hodges jr. people versus dorian jones. for the record, we have all four defendants with their respective counsel. mr. becker. your honor, these kids are ready for sentencing at this point in time. i know we have a victim that wishes to speak and address the court all at once. i ll hear from the victim first, please. you do not need to state your name. go ahead, please. this whole crime has honestly been the worst struggle i ve been through. i ve dreaded this whole process, dreaded it for the fact i have to look in these faces. i ve lost countless hours of sleep trying to avoid the nightmares of that night replaying in my head over and over again.
sleep trying to avoid the nightmares of that night replaying in my head over and over again. i dread it so much i thought i couldn t do any more, that i couldn t bear to get up out of bed in the morning. but i did, and i will keep doing it. i hope during your sentence you will reflect on your terrible decisions and actions of wrongdoing and in your punishment you can become a better person. thank you very much. one by one, they stand before the judge. i would just like to apologize to the victims for my involvement in this event. i just want to take responsibility for my actions. what happened to her was never supposed to happen. i would like to apologize to the victims and all their families and the community and the court system and my family as well. and i take full responsibility for what i did. i hope my sentence does make me a better person. pretty much all i have to say. do you know this is a horrible series of crimes that