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>> about right, you good? >> she always told me, youre destined for greatness, you just need to focus your energy in good ways and not into bad ways, you know? i just want to be good. i want to make my mom proud. >> [ bleep ] it. im all in. >> 16. coming up -- >> you owe me one more. one more. >> scott dipiazzas losses mount. and -- >> last time we talked you got a little angry. >> rederick melton explains his anger. [ drum roll ] ...emily lapier from ames, iowa. this is emilys third nominatio...

Rederick melton. >> first of all, on armed robbery, the sentence of this court that you be committed to michigan department of corrections for a term not less than 18 or more than 40 years. and then consecutive to that, you are to serve on home invasion first degree, sentence of not less than seven, no more than 20 years. and then finally consecutive to home invasion first degree, criminal sexual conduct first degree, serve on the second home invasion not less than 18, no more than 40 years with...

College student was raped. they could not be sentenced until the case of the fourth co-defendant was resolved. rederick melton proclaimed his innocence. he has voluntarily spent the past seven months in a sparse segregation cell preparing for trial. but now there has been a major development. and melton is headed back to general population. after nearly a year of proclaiming his innocence, melton has changed his plea. >> now that ive already pled guilty im going to go to prison. so i dont want t...

You know? perjury. lying under oath. >> but all of meltons co-defendants are on record saying melton played a key role, that he not only participated in the crimes but was actually a guest at the party. part of a plan in which melton would case the location for the others. >> if he gets found guilty, hed rather go down saying he fought going down instead of, oh, i didnt take no plea like the rest of them. but when you fight, you aint doing nothing but pissing them off. you making the judge and v...

They have seen each other, and now its time for the four men convicted of several heinous crimes that shocked the city of grand rapids to receive their sentences. the charges are home invasion, armed robbery and criminal sexual conduct. the victim of the latter crime is a female college student. >> people versus rederick melton. people versus brandon townes. people versus james hodges jr. people versus dorian jones. >> for the record, we have all four defendants with their respective counsel. mr...

>> one year later the three men are still in jail awaiting sentencing. they are required to wait, because the fourth adult suspect, rederick melton, pled not guilty and is taking his case to trial. >> none of the victims were able to i.d. me at the scene or the party. there is no dna evidence against me, there are no fingerprints against me. there is no actual physical evidence against me. on a scale from 1 to 10, im at a 9. about being found innocent. i know, the lord knows, i didnt do this. he...

That he not only participated in the crimes but was actually a guest at the party. part of a plan in which melton would case the location for the others. >> if he gets found guilty, hed rather go down saying he fought going down instead of, oh, i didnt take no plea like the rest of them. but when you fight, you aint doing nothing but pissing them off. you making the judge and victims go through this night again, all this distraught, emotional. so if you do lose, you going to get hit with the max...

>> in the hole is 3. >> scotts not a very good gambler, though. in life he needs to just stop gambling and do something else. >> whats scott here? >> since inmates dont have access to cash, they typically gamble snacks purchased from the jail commissary. dipiazza relied on his mother to purchase those for him. >> about right, you good? >> she always told me, youre destined for greatness, you just need to focus your energy in good ways and not into bad ways, you know? i just want to be good. i wa...