way of justice. and our nightmare came true. >>trace: so now he gets seven years. in california he is likely to serve six and he could be out by 2016. >>shepard: the family says that he got some preferential treatment before the governor cut the sentence. >>trace: he appears he did. the original bill was $2 million and the letters started flowing in from influential people including the mayor of los angeles saying what a good guy he was and the bail was reduced to $1 million. he got out and spent over a year kind of doing family outings, with spa days and a lot of different stuff, and then when the governor commuted part of the sentence the family was never even notified. listen. this is an act of coward dis. they did not contact us at any time. we had to find out from the media. they did not ask our opinion. they did not give us a heads-up.