T.J. Holmes

Oh, it would have absolutely changed what I thought of her testimony, knowing that.

And would she have testified, though, if she had known that?

Or would she have taken her chances with her trial?

It's very interesting.

But here, what the judge did is one thing, which was shocking.

What the judge said to her, I think, probably felt very satisfying to the families of the victims.

And they certainly spoke afterwards, too.

So there's a lot to get to.

But first off, the judge gave the list of reasons why.

Why she decided to go against the prosecution's sweetheart deal.

She said, up until sentencing, Juliana...

offered no remorse.

She said when Christine Banfield yelled to her to call 911, she did not.

When Joe Ryan began to move after Brendan Banfield shot him in the head, he was not dead.

She shot him in the chest to make sure he was dead.

Those were the three reasons she said you are not getting out of jail.

It's incredible that the judge can look at it this way and that the prosecution looked at it another way.

Like, you did all of this stuff, but we as prosecutors are willing to let you go because we want this other guy so badly.

That's the justice system.

It works like this.