it's the best way i can describe this place. >> it's been nearly an hour since michael brehm took hisd be released from pendleton. >> this makes a difference for the community. it's not just ours. we do second guess ourselves sometimes. and have a heart for the offender, but we can't let that be the deciding factor. it can't be. >> at the ripe age of 18, brehm has spent a total of two years behind bars. >> hopefully people don't come here. this is one place they don't want to go. >> okay, michael. do you have any questions for us? >> it's very stressful. hopefully if i get accepted i'll only have two weeks left. >> i'm actually looking at a piece of paper from hendricks county. i used the same word that the judge wrote on here. the judge wrote on here no excuses. okay? see that? >> right. >> so i think something that you need to start thinking about is all these things that you've done while you were young, you didn't get enough treatment, or you were hanging out with the wrong people, or whatever. you're 18 years old now. all right? so all of that doesn't matter anymore. >> for us as