>> definitely a dangerous individual. especially on the street. you wouldn't want to turn your back on him. >> stood over him, and got him six times in the face. >> a gang banger squares off with his victim's family in court. >> i hope you rot in prison for the rest of your life. >> and with another inmate in jail. a young woman is arrested for a crime reminiscent of the grinch. >> i took kids' christmas

presents. that's what i did. >> i make out like a bandit. >> there's annette kit of how things done in jail. >> grand rapids is located almost equal distances between chicago and detroit. it is a prakz of the size of either. many who live here say it has all the benefits of the big cities, with few of the problems. just outside downtown is a place

where problems are an all too common part of life. >> all the way at the front of the desk there, guys. at the kent county jail it houseses about 1,000 men and women. some have been convicted, but most are only charged with crimes. they're waiting trial at the resolution of their cases. captain randy has been confronting problems for the 25 years he has worked at the jail. >> my friend says the thing that makes corrections so easy is that all you have to do is to get voluntarily compliance out of a bunch of people who have already proven that they will not voluntarily comply with the rules of society. so piece of cake. we're in a position where we can get to a very large degree of voluntarily compliance out of these people. actually, the challenge of that is rewarding. >> some challenges, like those presented by joel laha, can take

longer to resolve than others. >> joe doesn't come across as a dangerous guy. he is respectful to the officers, but it's not one of those guys i would trust, you know? he is definitely a dangerous individual. especially on the street and within his gang world. you wouldn't want to turn your back on him. >> leaha was recently confined to the segregation unit where he is locked in a single man cell 23 hours per day. jail surveillance footage shows why. >> he is down here, and his accomplice is kind of just walking around in the day room there. there was some form of disrespect the night before, and they were kind of just waiting for this inmate to come out of his cell and as soon as he comes out, the two of them begin assault on him. the one inmate just throws a couple of punches, but mr. laeha is definitely the aggressor. an officer who was doing a block check uses his oc spray to get them to separate and orders them to get on the ground.

>> an admitted gang member, he has proven to be more violent on the streets. originally charged with first degree murder, he eventually pled guilty to second degree murder in hopes of receiving a lighter sentence. he is eligible for up to 75 years in prison. >> i shot at man six times in the face. no matter how much of a gangster i am, i struggle with that sight when i first got here. i got -- i struggle with that, for real. >> if i could go back and change things, i still would have shot him, but i wouldn't have hit him in his sdpashgs i wouldn't have killed him. >> according to prosecutors, leija and a co-defendant met a man in order to sell him five pounds of marijuana.

instead leija drew a gun and attempted to rob the man. >> boom, brand it. it went off two times. one, two, hit him in his chest. by that time i was -- i wasn't thinking. it just snapped. i shouldn't have done what i did, but i did, and he was done when i shot him two times, but when he went down, i stood over him and shot him six times in the face. the aftermath after seeing, it was bad. i'm not proud of it in any way, but i know because i was there, i did it. he barely had a face when i was done with him. >> leija has been at the kent county jail since his arrest 26 months earlier. even though he has pled guilty to second degree murder, he has yet to be sentenced. his judge cannot haj hand down the sentence until his co-defendant's trial is complete, and that has been dragging on for two years. >> is there anything that you look forward to? >> fresh air.

i haven't been outside in 26 months and three days. i have not been outside and breathed the air. this is the air i'm breathing from these vents. >> before that had he numerous days in the county's juvenile facility zoosh i already had my hand on a gun at a really young age. the streets smoking weed, stealing cars. a lot of people said my mom wasn't a good mom or my dad wasn't a good father, but that's not what i'm saying. i'm saying i wasn't the best kid, you know? >> see? roll salad cake. same thing we get every day. >> that's why we're fat. >> we're the fat group. >> over at the woman's wing, this woman says she hasn't always been the ideal kid either. >> while her crime didn't physically injure anyone, it might have been painful for her

young victims. >> i feel really bad for what i did. not for what i did, but for who i did it to. i took kids' christmas presents. i'm not proud of myself for what i did at all. >> groth's christmas caper began while she was staying at a friend's house. >> they left, and i was still there. wron, i just started rummaging through stuff, i guess. i found the receipts. i was, like, where is the presents? i started look and went into their closet, and i found a justin bieber doll and baby toys, and i gathered them up and put them in a bag and had the receipts in my pocket and road my bike up to toys "r" us. >> how much was it? >> $72. >> groth eventually pled fwlt to larceny and was sentenced to six months in jail. she says stealing has been a compullings for as long as she

can remember. >> i've been stealing stuff since i was 5. i don't know how to keep my hands off stuff that's not mine. >> the part where you could almost get caught or if you do get caught, you get to see if you can run and get away. >> groth describes herself as a kleptomaniac. >> i just to it for the thrill of it. like i can go into a store and have money to buy anything that i want. i can take it and get away with it, it's a rush. i make out like a bandit. i am pretty good at what i do. >> groth is also good at getting caught. she has six prior theft-related convictions as well as convictions for drug possession and assault. >> is there a treatment for kleptomania? >> i don't know. i should probably check that out. >> so how are you going to stop stealing? >> keep my hands in my pockets. that's the only thing i can think of. >> coming up -- >> hey. how are you doing? >> vicky groth gets a visit from her family. >> having like a family member who i can't, like, trust, you

know? >> joel leija goes to court and gets an earful. >> you shot my son. rot in hell because that's exactly where you deserve to be. >> i was a deputy sheriff here in kent county for about five years. i worked in training. i worked as a corrections officer. >> he once patrolled these housing units. now he stands accused of a heinous crime.

zoirchlgts as a 25-year veteran of the kent county sheriff's department and the highest ranking uniformed officer in the jail, captain rapid where i has seen a lot. one thing in particular might come as a surprise to the public. >> one of the secrets of the corrections world is how many inmates actually admire the deputies that work in the housing unit. when the corrections officer

that the people who are in jail look up to and highly regard and respect -- >> how are things going overall since you have been here? >> it's been going pretty good. >> that corrects officer is modelling the kind of behavior that we desire. >> stay out of trouble. do what you got to do while you're down here. >> that really honestly does have a pretty profound impact on the way the inmates behave. >> deputy gus says he has bought into that philosophy. >> come on. it's chow time. got the doors. >> i use my personal life experience to school these kids. i say, yeah, i'm from africa. i took a bag, over my shoulder, and came here. yeah, i am. why are you think they're going to trust somebody from a third world country to come and work within the security of the system? it's because of education. back home in latvia where i'm from, i work ten years as a police officer, so i want you guys to take my experience and use it so you can better yourself off. >> deputy su is convinced he has

reached some inmates. but danny has been a work in progress for about 15 years now. he was assigned to the county's juvenile facility when he first came in as a young teen. >> i have been going to juvenile for a long time. gus used to work there, and he is from africa, and we would make fun of him sometimes for his strong accent, but always in good humor. >> people that know you're a good guy, but the thing is that you guys get caught up with peer pressure, being around the wrong people, and you got to make a future for your little daughter and the one on the way too. there's like two kids you got that depend on you as a parent, as a father for tomorrow, so now you're languishing in prison. what have you set for those kids that are going to grow up? >> i'm doing the same thing that my -- i'm doing the same thing that my parents did to me by not being there, so i got to change something. >> levercy was recently sentenced to three years for

breaking and entry, and is waiting transfer to prison for the third time. >> i got a job at a factory. >> how come you lost that? is it because of your charge? >> no. i got in a fight, broke my hand. >> you still getting into fights? >> yeah. >> you're getting old. >> i personally think that there's a chance for anybody and there's always a way you can improve yourself. literacy is working towards that, but he needs to make a drastic change. >> you can't be a father to the kids in prison. you can't. you fwot to create a bond between and you your kids. you got to be a man to support your kids. >> while officials say deputy gus upholds the values they strive for, steven southernland did not. 20 years ago he was a kent county sheriff's deputy assigned to managing inmates in this very jail. >> i was a deputy sheriff here at kent county for about five years. i worked in training. i worked as a corrections officer, and i was a search and rescue diver, and i was just

getting into working as a crisis management officer when i left. >> there are still a lot of the old hands around here that know me, and some of the newer ones know who i am, and it's embarrassing. >> good afternoon. >> hello, sarge. >> how are you? >> good. >> i did work during the time that he was employed. i think there was maybe 20 to 30 deputies got hired at the same time, and within the same group, and we both were in that group. it's really unfortunate to see a co-worker on the other side. >> in the 20 years that have passed since he has worked here, southernland has had numerous criminal convictions and has served time in prison. now he faces especially serious charges. possession of child pornography and criminal sexual conduct of a

minor. in this case a young boy. >> i'm pleading not guilty. i have lots of reasons for that. i didn't do it. >> but this isn't the first time southernland has been charged with a sex crime against a minor. >> i had a misdemeanor charge 16 years ago for inappropriate touching a girl minor, and i pled guilty to that. >> to my knowledge i have never seen anything that he would be capable of any charges like he is being charged with right now, so it's pretty shocking. >> deputy purdue also knew southernland when he worked here. >> a deputy, a professional, someone you work with every day, did a good job. >> i was a very pro active deputy, but i was also a very sincere deputy. if i told an inmate i was going to do something, i would do it.

i was fairly strict but fair. i tried to show compassion. i guess i treated the inmates how i would want to be treated. after i worked here for four years or so, i discovered that i was going to the bar more and more often after work to, as we called it, debrief. i knew something was wrong. i didn't know what to call it. >> my coffee. >> i had started drinking to self-medicine indicate, and i discovered that worked real well, and inside of a year i was drinking well over one-fifth a day. by the end i was drinking over a half gallon a day. from there the alcohol just took away all the other emotion, and life became unmanageable. >> along with his prior criminal sexual conduct conviction, southernland has had several other convictions ranging from driving under the influence to home invasion and breaking and entering. he says his mugshots tell his story. >> if you look at the very first

photo of me you'll see a man that was very much in control of his life, physically good shape, and as you go through to the next booking, alcohol had started to play a bigger factor, facial features have changed, and then you get into the last few years. i think i looked like i aged 20 years, and the fire went out. right now at the stage of my life, i'm almost relieved to be in here right now. >> coming up -- >> there's at least one inmate in here that knows i was a deputy. >> steven southernland tries to avoid the predators who target ex-cops. later, his own actions are called into question. >> about two seconds later i see his hand coming into the shower. i'm, like, this dude is an actual predator. >> and -- >> i should have killed the lady and her son. her son was 18 years old. he was my age. >> joel leija laments his

decision to leave witnesses behind.

♪ >> inside the kent county jail joel leija has had more than two years to find ways to pass time. he has pled guilty to second degree murder and will eventually transfer to state prison. >> i still want to come home. i'm hoping to get 20. 18 would be nice. i can do it. i got my mind set on that. i want to know for sure. like once i know for sure, i'll be more at ease, be more at peace. >> leija's sentencing has been delayed, but the co-defendant's trial drags on. he does what he can with what little he has. >> i take the little teeth out of these combs. the seasoning package that come with the seasoning for the noodles, i will take that and make them in two. i take the staple and make a hole. it's easy to put them in there.

then i can just easy put it in my ear. just like that. makes me feel like sort of free in a way even though i'm not free. it gives me a better feeling about being here. >> leija says one thing he isn't feeling better about is leaving witnesses behind the night he murdered another man. >> didn'ted. i slept. when i got booked, they were calling me a ruthless killer and i have no remorse and this. if i didn't have no remorse, and he was a ruthless killer, i would have killed that bitch and her son.

zi wouldn't be here if no one pointed me out. >> he is in a segregation cell because of a fight he was involved in. leija has plenty of time to ponder past decisions. >> man, i got some good letters too. >> steven southernland, however, is housed in a genpopulation unit where he is around other inmates, and for him that carries a risk. >> for anyone to know that i used to be a deputy here, potentially, could be dangerous for me. i'm in a medium-high security area where these inmates are potentially going to prison for 15 years to life. if it was ever perceived i was part of the system, someone may take advantage of that. when ex-law enforcement officers

go to jail, they're often targets for attack. >> there's at least one inmate in here that knows that i was a deputy. we have talked, and he understands that needs to be kept private, and i made it really clear to him because later he was telling another deputy that used to be a deputy. i says when i told you not to say anything to anybody, i meant anybody because deputies will talk too. >> to make matters worse, southernland is charged with criminal sexual conduct against a minor, which is another reason other inmates would target him for violence if they found out. >> so i try to just keep a low profile. i have to be on guard. it could be stressful at times, but i've gotten so used to it, it becomes natural for me to put on a different persona. to act out the charade, i guess. >> while some jails immediately isolate inmates like

southernland in single person cells where they have virtually no contact with other inmates, that's not the policy at kent county. >> sex offenders are housed on an individual basis. they are interviewed and then determining how our classification officers feel about how they would do in certain areas, we put them there, but generally they go into general population. there's no specific housing area that segregates them. >> we have to set our expectations to the other inmates out there that you're going to live with this guy, and you are not going to torment him, and you sht going to make life difficult for that person. if you do, then we will deal with you, and this guy is going to stay, and you are the one that's going to end up in segregation. >> and now there has been an incident involving southernland and another inmate, but in this case southernland is not the victim. >> coming up, steven southernland is accused of harassing another inmate in the showers. >> i was, like, dude, what the heck is going on? he is, like, oh, it's not gay. it's just jailing.

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>> oh, say does the star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ the home of the brave >> inside grand rapids kent county jail captain randy is nearing the end of a 25-year career. he says much of what influenced him came from his old job. >> this is what i went to school for, actually. i have a theology degree, and i had a couple of churches in south dakota when i first got out of college, and i kind of got involved in the jail business out there, and i figured out i was more suited for corrections work than the

ministry. i still see this as my life's work. this is my ministry. it not just a job. it never has been just a job for me. it's not natural to keep human beings in cages, and it's not natural to be the human being that is keeping somebody else in a cage. there is something about that unnatural environment that causes the people who are the keepers of the cage to take some psychological steps to make that easier on them to the point to where you don't really even see them as humans at all. so i've tried to consciously fight against that tendency, and hopefully i've moderated that. it's possible to spend your career in corrections and not treat inmates like dirt and not treat these people like trash, but to have compassion and the sympathy and understanding for what the families go through. >> families usually go through a lot. >> hi. we're here to see victoria xwroth groth. >> can i check your id, please? >> my name is carol groth. i'm here with my daughter, jessica. we're here to see our first sister, my other daughter,

victoria, who has been in jail for the last few months. we come to see her every couple of weeks, and she seems to be doing okay. >> vicky groth is back in jail for larceny. in this case stealing christmas gifts from the children of a friend and returning them to the store for cash. >> previous from this she has stolen from jessica. she has stolen from me. she has stolen from her older brothers also. so hopefully being here will have made a difference and keep her out of trouble when she gets home. >> groth describes herself as a kleptomaniac, but has labelled herself something else. >> he got this tattoo when i was 17 years old, and it says loser. >> do you feel like a loser? >> no, not at all. >> why did you get the loser tattoo? >> i'm famous for it. put it that i tha way. >> i felt sad for her. like, why would you get that? >> you're not a loser. >> right. >> i graduated high school with

a gpa of 3.5. i'm not dumb, but i'm still in jail, so -- >> i resent life, i guess. growing up i got looked at differently -- i got treated different bring bimy sister's dad because i'm half black and they're all white, so i wasn't really his kid. i don't know. i just dealt with that, and i used to get teased at school. i cried. i cried a lot. >> hey. >> hi. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> that's good. you're looking good. >> thank you. >> yeah. >> i'm tired. i vept all day today. >> what did you do that for? >> she's having a lot of issues with, like, family and everybody just not getting along. >> i'm hoping to get out on monday. >> well, that would be cool. i have to work monday, though. >> if you would ask her to get something out of your purse, she would, like, take something out without even noticing.

she wouldn't even notice it would be in her pocket later. >> she has done it ever since she was this tall. it's something that started when she was a kid. >> i got the ceiling painted today. it's done. >> did she paint you too? >> no, she sleeps all day while i paint so she's not in my way. >> it put me in a bind last year when i had already bought an air conditioner for $300, and she turned around and stole that. so i had to use rent money for that month and go buy another air conditioner. >> it's weird for me to have a family member who i can't, like, trust, you know? >> i just read a thing in the paper that says that just remember when you don't take a shower before you go to bed, everything you got in contact with is going to bed with you. >> the reason we don't talk about her stealing from family here at the visit because i don't want her to go back to her cell depressed and not have anybody to talk to. >> i read, like, 30 cards before i picked out that one.

>> did you? >> yeah. i had to get one that would give you a laugh. >> i brought it down to breakfast to show people. >> before she was sentenced this time, she called me on the phone and she wanted to know if i would consider her moving back in with us so she would have a stable place to live, and i told her at that time that i would have to think about it. i'm concerned she'll go right back to what she was doing before, stealing stuff, and then i'll be screwed. >> love you sfwloosh love you too. all right. bye. >> yep, bye. >> that's it. >> i hate where i'm at right now. the choices i made that really much stupid choices. everything could have been prevented. if you have two choices, i picked the most worst. i don't know. >> why? >> i don't know. if i knew the answer to that, i wouldn't do it. >> steven southernland also acknowledges making bad choices. once a deputy at the kent county jail, he is now an inmate with

numerous prior convictions. southernland is currently charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor, but now he faces new troubles. after staff received a pair of kites, jail slank for notes written from inmates. sfwroo we received two kites from who different inmates regarding inmate southernland. common subject between the two kites was inmate southernland was making inappropriate comments to the inmates. >> 20-year-old zach who is charged with assault to which he has pled not guilty, is one of the inmates who reported southernland. >> i was just sitting there in the shower, and i had my back faced like the other showers, and outside i felt something hit my back, and i turned around, and there's a huge thing of soap. i was, like, what the heck? then about two seconds later i see his hand come around the shower. just threw a bunch of soap at me. at first i was kind of confused. i was, like, did that really just happen? i didn't know what to do. then i was like, dude, what the

heck is going on? he is, like, oh, it's not gay. it's just jailing. >> i had said, hey, if we all share a shower, we'll save water. it's just jailing. that was what it was. he wrote a kite saying that i had made him feel uncomfortable. i was so angry because they were joking before i got up there him and another inmate about, oops, he dropped the soap and all that before i even got up there. it's just horseplay that goes on when you are in an all male facility in an area like that. >> the second time he came up. he is, like, hey, we're in the shower together again and all this. then he started talking about the jail wants us to save money so we should shower together and we should use the same soap and the same towel and so at that point i was, like, you know what, this is rid ebbing husband. this dude is an actual predator. >> did you make a comment? >> in gist.

we all did. it was going on before i went up there, and it's something that the guys -- jail is a lot like a men's locker room. there's comments constantly. >> i used to play scrabble with him all the time. i kind of quit playing scrabble with him. he made jokes all the time about other guys. i mean, at first it was like just a joke, but then i found out what he was in here for and then it just -- i started putting things together. it ain't cool. >> it was serious to us once we kind of kept going on and on. yeah, this dude is serious about what he is saying. >> southernland has temporarily been moved to a single man cell in another unit until staff can determine if disciplinary action is warranted. >> the policy when we receive a kite like that is to assign the investigation to the floor officer where the kites originated, and that's what i did. >> in the meantime, all southernland can do is wait and try to amuse himself.

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>> even though joel pled guilty for shooting a man six times in the face, he has been in a state of limbo at the kent county jail. his judge cannot issue a final sentence and send him to prison until his co-defendant's case is resolved. it's dragged on for more than two years until now. >> it does -- which is sad news. you know, i can't even really enjoy my meal when i cam back from court. i was eating dinner. he told me through the door, like, it's over. you know? he just letting me know that he is at peace. you know. it happened. he is at peace. he don't even -- he wants to follow god. people come to jail, and they find god. my faith ain't that strong really. it ain't that strong. i'll always be a mobster.

i don't regret it. >> leija is not there to be sentenced and it's likely to be soon. southernland who 20 years later was a deputy here at the jail still awaits trial on his charge of criminal sexual conduct with a minor. now he is also facing disciplinary action in the jail for allegedly making inappropriate comments to another male inmate in the showers. sergeant who worked with southernland when he was employed here was assigned to investigate the accusations. they came in the form of two kites or notes. >> i bringing me back to the days when we worked together trying to work on my feelings. i recognize what he was trying to do. >> if an officer suggests i'm using my connections to get special treatment, i would say,

you know, look at where i'm at. this is my second time to the hole. >> i found him guilty of a category two violation of making inappropriate comments to inmates. with two there's a ten day cell restriction where the inmate is moved from the general housing area where he was to a discipline segregation unit. >> i am angry because they know all the guys around them know, the deputy that did the investigation knows it just wasn't true, but the sergeant who likes to write paper got excited about it. he made up his mind that i was

guilty based on words, not intent, and that was my biggest thing was, you know, when people joke and say things, that doesn't make their -- that intent. >> one week later southernland would be dealing with something far more serious than horseplay, bringing his case to a close. >> reached a deal with prosecutors to hold -- for the criminal sexual conduct with a minor. southernland was sentenced to nine to 15 years in prison. >> this is something you have worked with and talked with in the locker room, and then, you know, years later you're on opposite sides of the fence. >> deputy purr die was a rookie at the jail, and southernland worked there as a training officer. >> it ain't going to be easy. it not going to happen overnight, but, you know, sooner or later you may get your life

back to where it was before all this happened. >> yeah. if not back where it was, at least as i finish out this life with some normalcy. >> yeah. definitely. >> within the next week or so a transport van will take southernland to a state prison to serve his time. >> well, there's a saying to do the time, don't let the time do you. it's just a statement of go with the flow. you read, play cards, make the most of it. you're here. deal with it. it's hard, but until you do, you know, life is really tough, and for me with all the issues that i was having personally, i could be maybe in a different program that would be nicer than this, but this is still better than me

ok my own right now. i hate to say that, but. >> southernland's upcoming transfer is fine with at least one inmate. >> fine. i don't want him to get out in the world again or even with someone else in the jail because that just ain't right. it was nice to have him moved because, obviously, can i shower in piece now and not having to worry about him coming up every time i'm trying to shower. >> coming up -- >> very proud that it came to this jail at a time where the corrections industry in general is moving away from a culture of violence. >> a retiring captain reflects on 25 years of change. and the gang member finds out what his future holds. >> mr. leija, anything further you would like to say before i impose sentence? if i can impart one lesson to a

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captain randy says he has seen a lot of change over the course of his 25 years at the kent county jail in grand rapids. >> i'm very proud that i came to this jail at a time where the corrections industry in general, but even this jail in particular was moving away from a culture of violence and a culture that demeaned the inmate population and moved towards a culture that treats everything with dignity and respect and humanely and understanding that inmates have their own set of problems that they present us with, but here all humans and they all need to be cared for assist human beings. >> jailers say they are responsive to inmate reports. >> zach is one of the inmates who wrote one of the kites alleging issues with inmate southernland. just wanted to let him know. if he has any questions or any other issues and just make sure he is okay. >> hey, zach. >> how are you doing?

>> good. sergeant. i just want to make sure you're doing okay. are you having any other issues? >> no. >> it's been quiet since -- >> sfarsz how it was handled, did we handle it quick enough for you? >> yeah, i think an hour and a half after i wrote the kite, he was out of here. >> i was pretty swized how fast it happened. >> the kite you wrote got our attention immediately with the new pria standards that correction facilities have to abide by. any suggestions of inappropriate conduct we look at real serious, and that's the main reason why we took action as quick as we did, and looked into it. interviewed you at least once or twice. thank you very much, guys. a different sort of drama now plays out for joel leija.

>> stebsing today. i am ready to get it over with. i don't have to apologize to the victim's family. i'm going to. it shows that i am sorry. i'm going to. >> do right, guys. everybody has to fit in there. >> made me realize the damage i have done to his family. i have a lot of regrets. this is one of the biggest ones i have is to kill somebody. >> i'm going to have a lot of family in the courtroom. my parents are going to be there. my mom, my dad, my uncles and aunts. it makes it way ease why are for me. >> as the proceedings get underway, the victim's mother takes the podium and reads her statement to the court. >> i still don't understand why you had to pump six bullets into my son. it just goes to show what a cold-blooded killer you really are. it seems to me that taking a life came way too easy for you. now i wonder how many other lives you may have taken with no remorse. you didn't just shoot a person. you shot my son. you took a very big part of our

lives away, and that piece of the puzzle will always be missing. i hope you rot in prison for the rest of your life. even that will be too good for you. brad didn't sdesh to die the way he did. he deed died a very violent and lonely death. no one should have to die that way. rot in hell, mr. leija, because that's exactly where you deserve to be. you need to be off the streets so you can't hurt anybody else. i pray the cord agrees with me, and you get life in prison. >> when the victim's mother is finished with her statement, leija has an opportunity to read his apology. >> mr. leija, anything further you would like to say before i impose sentence? >> no, your honor. >> so, mr. leija, mandatorily here, felony firearm is the sentence of this court that you be committed for two years to the michigan department of corrections consecutive to that on second degree murder it's a sentence of this court, mr. leija, that you be committed to michigan department of

corrections for a term of not less than 22, no more than 75 years. i'll advise you, mr. leija, this is a final sentence of swrmt of the court. you are entitled to file an application for leave to appeal. >> love you, mama. >> i was working on an apology, but i didn't appreciate what she said. i understand that she wrote it to me, okay? it's different when you read it out loud in front of all those people. i'm definitely not going to give you an apology now because you were out of line when you said that. >> close five, please. >> i understand you want to express yourself. that's your right. i'm not going to tell you sorry, though. i was planning on it. that ain'ts going to happen no more.

sdmri write about murder and violence. >> an inmate who performs violence-themed rap on stage is now in jail for assaulting his girlfriend, and is about to return to the streets. >> i became a monster by drugs