her mother, debra brown, is also present in court. >> okay. >> okay, we're on the record now the caseonique jeffries. >> before delivering his sentence, the judge allows jeffries to make a statement. >> go ahead, ms. jeffries. >> i would just like to say today that i have forgave myself for what i have done. i'm not a savage beast. i'm a human being. i will admit that it got a little bit out of hand, but i just didn't intentionally put my hands on her. i was provoked. i'm only protecting myself, and i can't help it if i protect myself to where i'm not going to let anybody put their hands on me anymore. since my incarceration, i have a new religion as a muslim. i've learned more than i have as a christian. and being a muslim requires a whole lot of structure, and i finally found something that's really going to structure me and help me guide myself to be a better person. >> thank you very much, ms. jeffries. yes, commonwealth. >> yes, thank you. debra brown, who is the mother, is here in the courtroom today, and i believe that she would like to address the court, and if the court would