charges that could come with a three to seven-year sentence which would be served concurrent to the life sentence without parole that david sweat is already serving. there have been a lot of questions about why you might bring charges in a case like this. the district attorney said convictions on these counts would be helpful to the department of corrections as they try to ensure the most maximum conditions of confinement who will be in prison for the life. there's a separate hearing at the prison he is in to determine how exactly he will be kept, what kind of housing, again solitary confinement he's been in for weeks now. >> alexandra field for us in plattsburgh where we did get our first look at david sweat looking like he has pretty much recovered from that gunshot wound. joining me now is jean casarez who covered the story from the beginning, also tim williams the chief inspector for new york's fugitive task force. what about the criticism that the d.a. responded to which is