people, and i have been grappling with how to do it. every single person in the courtroom i owe an apology to on both sides, including this community. >> carlton's wife and parents have travelled from houston to be here. "operation stolen youth" which started with five overdoses and two deaths have led to 14 defendants convict and sentenced to a total of 101 years in prison. lives ruined, because of this little powder that two years ago seemed like an innocent safe synthetic high. prosecutor chris myers believe that the exhaustive case has been a success. >> the message that we have sent with this prosecution is that these are dangerous substances, and that is hopefully going to the raise awareness and save some live, and we have two families that lost some young