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Chavis, who's doing time in prison, he caused this, did he not? >> i can say that had he not been around, my father would -- i believe my father would still be alive. >> larry: they were friends, were they not? >> they were. they were, from what i recall. >> if i could address that as well. >> larry: yeah. >> i ultimately ended up interviewing this man in county jail for a number of months. >> larry: chavis? >> yeah. and i really felt like what we had there was a pedophile, who had been convicted and served time, and he actually just went after this child. >> larry: alex. >> alex, yeah. >> lar...

Circumstance and a very great idea by judge bell. so we all went into mediation and had to come up with a reasonable compromise. because the prosecutor was in a position where he knew the gig was up. he was going to be back to square one. he didn't want to be at square one. although in the court of public opinion, the boys had already been convicted, they were going to get another chance with different lawyers. and that was going to -- >> larry: let's all discuss this. alex, too. jayne, what do we do with a 10 or 11-year-old who commits a horrendous crime? what do we do as a society? >> well, ...

Were they not? >> they were. they were, from what i recall. >> if i could address that as well. >> larry: yeah. >> i ultimately ended up interviewing this man in county jail for a number of months. >> larry: chavis? >> yeah. and i really felt like what we had there was a pedophile, who had been convicted and served time, and he actually just went after this child. >> larry: alex. >> alex, yeah. >> larry: not dwight. >> no. what he tried to do, he searched out a victim in which there was a father who was doing the best that he could. he was struggling to make ends meet and pull his family toget...

Square one. he didn't want to be at square one. although in the court of public opinion, the boys had already been convicted, they were going to get another chance with different lawyers. and that was going to -- >> larry: let's all discuss this. alex, too. jayne, what do we do with a 10 or 11-year-old who commits a horrendous crime? what do we do as a society? >> well, we can't give up on them. i mean, look at him now. he is a 21-year-old young man. i am so proud and grateful to have been part of this. giving him his life back. he's been punished. it's not as if the kid wasn't punished. you k...

And i don't know -- and alex doesn't even remember specific instructions or anything of that nature. but this man is so manipulative and so persuasive that a child would never even see it coming. >> larry: have you blocked it out? >> i would say that i've made peace with it. >> larry: we'll take a break. we'll be right back with alex king and kathryn medico. king and kathryn medico. don't go away.