way. he was convict of assaulting a 15-year-old freshman girl while they were both attend pg st. paul s. defense attorneys are asking for probation and says that he s suffered enough for his crimes. msnbc legal correspondent ari melber joins me now. this is a case that really gripped the nation because this was a culture that was revealed that was taking place at this elite boys school and the fact that they had a list running and they were cultivating grooming these young women to be part of their conquests before graduation. talk about the leniency that the attorneys for labrie are now asking for and in your legal opinion do you think he ll receive it? i don t think he ll receive it. we never know. that s up to the judge. he s facing potentially 11 years for what the jury found he did, which is have sex and sexual relations with a minor, with someone below the age of consent. and they took in the charge of a