betts did bethesda house. darcy spencer re on today's ruling. darcy? >> reporter: well, jim, both of the victims' pents gave very powerful very emotional statements in court today talking about how the loss of their son has affected them, and the mom talked about how she has been in a stade of ression, how she has lost her joy for life. boast them were hoping for a tougher sentence. >> daniel beckwitt, a millionaire stock trade and convicted killer was sentenced to serve nine years behind bars for the death of askia khafra. his father says the sentence for involuntary manslaughte and se mond-degreeurder was to low. >> the sentence does not measure up to the type of crime committed. >> reporter:khafra died while a fire broke out digging tunnels under beckwitt's home in 2014. he wanted to build a bomb