breaking news right now out of new hampshire where 20-year-old owen labrie is in court awaiting sentencing. labrie was convicted in august of sexually assaulting a classmate while attending the prestigious st. paul s boarding school. joining me now from concord, new hampshire, is stephanie gosk. she s been following the story for us. what s the latest? reporter: well, kate, the sentencing hearing is still going on. the judge expects it to go 2 1/2, maybe 3 hours. we heard from the prosecution as well as the accuser and her family. the prosecution is asking at the very least, that owen labrie go through a sex offender program at the new hampshire state prison. beyond that, the accuser delivered a video statement. she was not actually in court today. and we re not showing her by
i now have a lot more tools to deal with issues that still affect me. a lot of my issues from back then don t affect me anymore. i m not saying that they are gone, but i know how to deal with them now. the reason for the sex offender program is such a high profile issue, and, quite frankly, the other reason is that sex offenders are going to get out of prison anyway. so we we are doing our best to rehabilitate them. because it is relatively new, we don t have statistics as far as recidivism rate, but we do know that we re giving them the tools to survive without re-offending out in society. it s liberating. i mean it s not a weight off my shoulders. i m not hiding anymore. i found out that i m not the only one. historically in all prison settings sex offenders are low man on the totem pole, so to
it s helped a helluva lot. i now have a lot more tools to deal with issues that still affect me, a lot of my issues from back then don t affect me anymore. i m not saying that they are gone. but i know how to deal with them now. the reason for the sex offender program is such a high profile issue, and, quite frankly, the other reason is that sex offenders are going to get out of prison anyway. so we we are doing our best to rehabilitate them. because it is relatively new, we don t have statistics as far as recidivism rate, but we do know that we re giving them the tools to survive without re-offending out in society. it is liberating. i mean, it is like a weight off my shoulders. i m not hiding anymore. i found out that i m not the only one. historically in all prison settings sex offenders are low man on the totem pole, so to speak. inmates can t tolerate sex offenders.
i don t know how to stop. community reintegration unit is based on cognitive behavior therapy. there is pretreatment, intensive treatment, and prerelease treatment. during their intensive treatment is when they actually have to admit their crime, and they work on their issues. i think it s helped a lot. it s helped a helluva lot. i now have a lot more tools to deal with issues that still affect me, a lot of my issues from back then don t affect me anymore. i m not saying that they are gone. but i know how to deal with them now. the reason for the sex offender program is such a high profile issue, and, quite frankly, the other reason is that sex offenders are going to get out of prison anyway. so we we are doing our best to rehabilitate them. because it is relatively new, we don t have statistics as far as
it s helped a helluva lot. i now have a lot more tools to deal with issues that still affect me, a lot of my issues from back then don t affect me anymore. i m not saying that they are gone. but i know how to deal with them now. the reason for the sex offender program is such a high profile issue, and, quite frankly, the other reason is that sex offenders are going to get out of prison anyway. so we we are doing our best to rehabilitate them. because it is relatively new, we don t have statistics as far as recidivism rate, but we do know that we re giving them the tools to survive without re-offending out in society. it is liberating. i mean, it is like a weight off my shoulders. i m not hiding anymore. i found out that i m not the only one. historically in all prison