steven watkins' family was jubilant. son, ed skinner, was shocked. >> i was convinced my mom was going to get off. >> shirley was sentenced to 70 years in prison. had she taken the plea deal she'd be out in less than nine. she's appealing her conviction. >> she tells me all the time, she says, please be true to the lord and don't lose your soul over something. especially what has happened here. >> what's it like to see your mother behind bars? >> horrible. absolutely horrible. >> is she equipped to handle what she's going through right now? >> not at all. not at all. >> although ed skinner has split from his family by publicly blaming jennifer, he still strikes a note of us against them. >> i honestly feel jennifer made this bed, she needs to sleep in it. she knew what she was getting into when she got into that family. and she had to think in the back of her mind that she's going to be with these people the rest of her life. >> when you say these people, what's wrong with the watkins? >> nothing bad. they just a little