Jonathan Hirsch

I mean, nothing more unequivocal than that as a statement.

Right.

And so maybe he had hoped that that would provide some degree of leniency in the sentence.

The jury sentences him to death.

They did.

And, you know, Bart received the death sentence.

The men who helped him, they get very different deals.

You know, Chris was the masked gunman who actually shot the family.

He pleads guilty and is sentenced to life in prison with no execution date.

And then there's Steve, the getaway driver.

He receives a 15-year sentence, which sort of gives him a chance to one day walk free from all of this.

What a waste.

Yeah.

You know, what a shame and what a waste.

So Kent testifies in the trial, but he also speaks publicly after the verdict comes down.

to let people know that he had forgiven Bart for the shootings and that he was very much opposed to the death sentence ruling.

And he was sort of saying that, like, he's the only surviving member of his family, and that would just multiply the loss.

So on the one hand, the criminal justice system is there to sort of make sure that the punishment and the crime match each other, right?

But we're also supposed to be doing this on behalf of the victim's families.

And here's a very unique situation in which the victim