Clark Fredericks

We'll go to trial.

He's like, you know, I think we got a valid case.

He goes, but just think, if we go to trial and you lose, you're doing 30 to life.

He goes, your mother's in her 80s.

You'll never see her again.

He goes, if you take this plea deal, you've already got three years in.

He goes, and you know, you could be out in a couple of years.

So it was just too risky to go to trial.

So on June the 15th, when we went to court, that's where I read this 15 minute statement where I'm completely broken and I accepted the plea deal.

So now I still have to go back for sentencing.

And in that period,

And why that was so tough is when I read that statement is because the courtroom was filled with my family and friends.

There was a hundred people outside the court.

There was people out in the steps.

Hundreds of people showed up.

And I had, in my statement, I had to out my brother, my older brother, as one of Peg's victims.

And I had to talk about Jeff's suicide.

And that was really tough to talk about those things and to know my brother's right over my shoulder and he hasn't addressed his pain yet.

It took six months for us to go back for sentencing.

Because I had to meet with the... Now, the prosecutor has to hire a psychologist to interview me and draft a report.