in upstate new york. two teens allegedly beaten during a church ritual. one of them died. now their parents seen here, bruce and deborah leonard, are charged with the crimes. police say it happened at a church in new hartford, new york, where four other members face accusations as well. investigators say the group beat the 17 and 19-year-old boys to get them to confess their sins. their mother's attorney says she felt helpless to stop it and now police say the boy who died wanted out. let's bring our legal panel now, david schwartz is here, defense attorney and former prosecutor, mercedes colon is here as well. fox news legal analyst. i'm happy to see both of you. i want to start with you, mercedes. was it the right decision to charge these parents? i want to know what's the maximum charge they could get and the penalty they could face and what's the minimum. >> sure. great question. certainly they were. we know so far that they were there. we know that the parents struck