reporter: steve professed his innocence. i did not kill carol. we loved each other for more than twenty years. our marriage was over, but not our affection for each other. i would no more have harmed her than i would harm my daughters by taking her from them. reporter: leniency was not forthcoming. the judge sentenced steve democker to natural life plus 20 years. no parole. no hope of a life ever outside prison walls. all along, we d been asking for an interview with steve. he was willing. the sheriff wasn t. finally, after the sentencing, we were allowed a brief telephone interview from state prison. the lengths that they went to string to amplify, to exaggerate the evidence, to even misrepresent it, that was the only way they were able to achieve this conviction. and it s just wrong, keith. it s just wrong.
sentences you as follows. count 1, malice murder, defendant was found not guilty. count 2, felony murder, life without the possibility of parole. count 3, felony murder, vacated, i want to say vacated by operation of law in all cases, i m just not going to repeat it. count 4, valentincated. count 5, vacated. count 6 merges into count 2. count 7 aggravated assault, 20 years, consecutive to count 2. count 8, 10 years, concurrent to count 7. count 9, five years, concurrent to count 7. that is life plus 20 years. roddie bryan, i do want to separate a little bit because the state is making a different recommendation, and despite the back and forth that mr. go ff ad i had during this case, i want to bring up a couple of things
sentence in this case, as to travis mcmichael, mr. mcmichael, the court sentences you as follows. count 1, malice murder, life without the possibility of parole. count 2, felony murder, as vacated by operation of law, count 3 felony murder, vacation operation of law, count 4, vacated by operation of law, count 5 felony murder, vacated by operation of law. count 6, aggravated assault, merges into count 1. count 7, aggravated assault, the court sentences the defendant to 20 years consecutive to count 1. count 8, false imprisonment, merges into count 1. count 9, attempted false imprisonment. five years concurrent to count 7. that is life plus 20. greg mcmichael, the court
sentences you as follows. count 1, malice murder, the defendant was found not guilty. count 2, felony murder, life without the possibility of parole. count 3, felony murder, vacated i say vacated, vacated by operation of law in all cases. i m not going to repeat it. count 4, vacated. count 5, vacated. count 6 merges into count 2. count 7, aggravated assault, 20 years consecutive to count 2. count 8, ten years concurrent to count 7. count 9, five years concurrent to count 7. that is life plus 20 years. roddie bryan, i do want to separate a little bit because the court is making a different recommendation, and despite the back-and-forth mr. goff and i had during this case, i do want
travis mcmichael, mr. mcmichael, the court sentences you as follows. count 1, malice murder, life without possibility of parole. count 2, felony murder, vacated by operation of law. count 3, felony murder, vacated by operation of law. count 4, felony murder, vacated by operation of law. count 5, felony murder, vacated by operation of law. count 6, aggravated assault merges into count 1. count 7, aggravated assault, the court sentences the defendant to 20 years consecutive to count 1. count 8, false imprisonment merges into count 1. count 9, attempted false imprisonment, five years concurrent to count 7. that is life plus 20. greg mcmichael, the court