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.
delaying tactic, whatever it was it didn t work. a day later the judge ordered ralph back to court. people versus ralph lee candelario sentencing. reporter: and ralph, bandaged up, got another day in the spotlight. your honor, i have maintained that i have been innocent through this whole process. reporter: and then a keen observer might almost have heard the jaws drop around the courtroom. pam will be resurrected. we will be able to see her again. we will be able to watch her laugh and sing and do all the things that made her such a special person. and in that regard, i put my hope in that future. but until then, i am going to file an appeal for this particular motion. reporter: for now his future is life without the possibility of parole. i had never had a weight so heavy lifted. it was exactly. it was wonderful.
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.
would rather go out than actually face his destiny that way. reporter: suicide attempt, delaying tactic, whatever it was it didn t work. a day later the judge ordered ralph back to court. people versus ralph lee candelario sentencing. reporter: and ralph, bandaged up, got another day in the spotlight. your honor, i have maintained that i have been innocent through this whole process. reporter: and then a keen observer might almost have heard the jaws drop around the courtroom. pam will be resurrected. we will be able to see her again. we will be able to watch her laugh and sing and do all the things that made her such a special person. and in that regard, i put my hope in that future. but until then, i am going to file an appeal for this particular motion. reporter: for now his future is life without the possibility of parole. i had never had a weight so heavy lifted. it was
moonlight surprised by taking best picture price. viola davis. it s such a luxury to do what we do and you want to just work with the people that are all so passionate. my husband always takes care of the trophies because after tonight i so appreciate this but i have to put the trophy away and get back to work. atlanta. for the small screen atlanta earned best comedy and best actor with star donald. the drama honor billy bob thornton, beck actor for his role. the people versus oj simpson won two trophies. i was like, they said my name, right, they said my name, right. this is so cool. this is so cool. it s like a special treat and