COULD BE NEW TO SCIENCE BUT WE NEED A LITTLE MORE SCIENCE.
THOSE ARE NOT A I.
>> NOT A.I., THEY ARE REAL.
>>> FAMILIES SAY THEY ARE
FEELING A SENSE OF JUSTICE.
>> THAT IS BECAUSE THE MAN
CONVICTED OF KIDNAPPING AND
KILLING IS SENTENCED TO 130
YEARS IN PRISON . THAT IS THE
MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT FOR HIS
CRIME. ADRIAN JOINS US WITH
MORE. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 8
YEARS SINCE THESE MURDERS
REALLY SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH
THIS SMALL TOWN IN INDIANA AND
THE JUDGE FINALLY LIFTED THE
GAG ORDER THAT HAD BEEN PLACED
THROUGHOUT THAT TRIAL. WHAT AR
WE HEARING FROM THE VICTIM‘S
FAMILY?
>> THEY ARE FINALLY SPEAKING
OUT AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
WE HAVE HEARD THEM SINCE THAT
TRIAL BECAUSE OF THE GAG ORDER
AND IT HAS BEEN A PAINFUL EIGH
YEARS FOR THE FAMILY. WE HEARD
FROM THE GRANDPARENTS OF ABBY
WILLIAMS AND THEY CALL THIS A
SIGH OF RELIEF BUT NOT A DAY O
CELEBRATION. HER GRANDFATHER
SAYING THIS HAS BEEN LIKE
LOSING A LIMB THAT WILL NEVER
GROW BACK. AND WHEN THE JUDGE
DID DOWN THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE
FOR RICHARD ALLEN, SHEDIRECTLY A
HIM, THE MOST HIDEOUS CASES I
HAVE EVER PRESIDED OVER LOOKIN
DIRECTLY AT RICHARD ALLEN AND
SAYING THESE FAMILIES WILL DEA
WITH YOUR CARNAGE FOREVER.
DURING CLOSING ARGUMENTS,
PROSECUTORS TOLD ALAN SLIT
THEIR THROATS AND STOLE THE
YOUTH IN LIFE AWAY FROM ABBY
AND LIBBY. TODAY, GRATITUDE .
>> I REALLY WANTED TO TAKE THEAP
JUSTICE HAS
TIME TO SEND OUT MY
APPRECIATION THAT JUSTICE HAS
BEEN SERVED FOR THE GIRLS. THI
COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED OUR
FAMILIES FROM DAY ONE AND
CONTINUES TO LIFT US UP AND
SUPPORT US. AND AGAIN, FOR
THAT, I WILL ALWAYS A NEW PAGE.
NOT ONE, BUT TWO FBE
GRATEFUL.
>> NOW THIS FAMILY PREPARES TO
TURN A
>> Reporter: IF HE PLANS NEW PA
APPEAL, HE PLANSHAS T
APPEAL, HE HAS 30 DAYS TO
NOTIFY THE COURT OF THOSE PLAN
AND PROSECUTORS SAID TODAY ,
ONCE THEY RECEIVE THAT
INFORMATION, THEY WILL ACT
ACCORDINGLY. PROSECUTORS, YOU
MAY REMEMBER ALAN CONFESSED
MULTIPLE TIMES EVEN DURING A
RECORDED CALL WITH HIS WIFE BU
THE DEFENSE ARGUED DURING
TRIAL, ALLEN SUFFERED FROM
PSYCHOSIS AFTER HE WAS HELD IN
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR 13
MONTHS. THEY CALL THOSE
CONFESSIONS FALSE AND IT IS
LIKELY IF ALLEN APPEALS WHICH
IT APPEARS HE WILL BASED ON
THIS THAT HE RECEIVED FROM HIS
DEFENSE ATTORNEY, THAT WILL