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True, there was no prison time, but she was a felon now. >> you have a title over your head. it's life changing. it's very life changing. >> do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth? >> yes, i do. >> detective velasquez joined barbara at the sentencing hearing. >> judge, for the record, david jackson's mother would like to speak. >> of course. >> david's mother read an impact statement. >> barbara, i've cried endlessly for 24 years. i've wanted to die myself to be with david. >> her gaze fixed on the woman her son once loved. >> you are guilty. michael w...

Obviously -- >> no, it's not. >> obviously when you are watching your daughter's murder trial. what was watching the trial like? >> it was emotionally exhausting. i felt like i was onstage a lot of the time. a lot of people were watching my reactions. it was particularly difficult the day they played videos of the actual crime, as it was committed, and the day they talked about heather's autopsy report. those were extremely difficult days. i will tell you that i sat and cried a lot in court during those. >> that must have been awful, just awful. i know you had an opportunity to make a victim's...

So they're already going to have somewhat of an opinion. >> reporter: even though she accepted the deal, barbara was not happy. true, there was no prison time, but she was a felon now. >> you have a title over your head. it's life-changing. it's very life-changing. >> do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> reporter: detective velasquez joined david's family at barbara's sentencing hearing. >> you're okay with this stipulation and the fact that it's a guilty plea? >> yes. >> judge, just for the record, david jackson's mother would like to speak. ...

Expected would happen, that he would get a very stiff sentence, that he would go to prison, that he would not walk out of here on house arrest as his lawyers had wanted to. earlier today he was declared a violent sexual predator, which is another designation that means for the rest of his life, he has to report to police his movements, any time he leaves town or tries to go anywhere. again, three to ten years at a maximum security prison. we believe he's doing to serve at a prison called phoenix, which is not far from here in collegeville, pennsylvania. it's a 4,000-bed facility that was just ...

Releasing drug. >> harris: just to make it clear, outside that courtroom in norristown, pennsylvania, where we expected any moment we are being told that the sentencing will be coming. in this case we already know the verdict and this ruling on top of that verdict is by this judge calling bill cosby sexually violent predator. what will the sentencing be? that's what we are awaiting right now and we've been told that can happen at any moment. we have our own fox news team inside the courtroom and something different i want to talk to you about, they expect this to take a while to read the sente...