barrus is mentally ill. the custody of the department of health. >> reporter: anyone listening to lloyd's final statement could be forgiven for being a little uncertain of what he was trying to say. >> yes your honor but, i've sat through this nearly five years but, i am truly sorry for the loss, to the more families loss. ionian could be more upset than i am for what happened. it's what did officer moore do to deserve what he got. i don't know him. it's like someone who gets cancer, this has a life has a lot of unexplainable things happen to us. i guess that's all i have to say. >> reporter: minutes later the judge pronounced her sentence. >> mr. barrus i'm sentencing you to life in prison, you will not be eligible for parole, the protection of society requires he not be eligible for uproar. >> reporter: lloyd has appealed the sentence. it was a sentence that appealed across montana, a relief for those police officers who captured him and received the top cop award. it was a sense that echoed across time. t