1:05:02
''Our hearts ache for the pain and suffering
that the Shepards have went through.
1:05:08
''We have prayed for your famiIy
since the very beginning.
1:05:11
''Many times throughout the day,
I have thought about Matt.
1:05:16
''You wiII continue to be in our thoughts
and prayers...
1:05:19
''...as we know that your pain
wiII never go away.
1:05:23
''You have showed such mercy
and we are so gratefuI...
1:05:27
''...that you are giving us
aII the opportunity to Iive.
1:05:31
''Your Honor...
1:05:32
''...we, as a famiIy...
1:05:36
''...hope that as you sentence RusseII...
1:05:39
''...that you wiII do it concurrentIy...
1:05:42
''...for two Iife terms.
1:05:46
''For the RusseII we know and Iove...
1:05:49
''...we humbIy pIead, Your Honor...
1:05:53
''...to not take RusseII
compIeteIy out of our Iives...
1:05:57
''...forever.''
1:06:04
Mr. and Mrs. Shepard...
1:06:06
...there is not a moment
that goes by that I don't...
1:06:10
...see what happened that night.
1:06:13
I know what I did was very wrong...
1:06:17
...and I regret greatIy what I did.
1:06:21
You have my greatest sympathies
for what happened.
1:06:27
I hope that...
1:06:29
...one day, you wiII be abIe to find it
in your hearts to forgive me.
1:06:38
Mr. Henderson...
1:06:40
...this court does not beIieve that you
reaIIy feeI any true remorse...
1:06:44
...for your part in this matter.
1:06:47
And I wonder whether you fuIIy reaIize
the gravity of what you have done.
1:06:51
You drove the vehicIe that took
Matthew Shepard to his death.
1:06:56
You bound him to that fence...
1:06:58
...in order that he might be
more savageIy beaten...