people gathered for a public hearing atmartha's table in southeast. derrick ward has more on the unusual set of circumstances surroundingig this h profile case. >> reporter: he was convicted of master mining the most powerful cartel. the jury istill out. >> i don't like to make judgment without facts. no i don't know the facts. >> she wasof the handful of people showing up allowing citizens ofe th city to weigh in. even time served. >> the judge wants to consider a lot of factors including the views of d.c. sidents. >> i can speak on the change and hill got to come in in all of us. i >> completely understand the concept of redemption. tim burdi says he's worked to secure the release. this case is unusual. >> after he tonight jail and got the benefits of an agreement with the u.s. attorney, he went and committed more crimes. >> prosecutors say he continued to runseh operation from bd bars, exploiting weaknesses in the federal bureau of frirch system and showing officials how he did it. it gets complicated. >> i know he didn't go over on the ships and b