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It's hard for a young man at that age to break and just tell you what's really going on. i'm going to bring him back down, we're just going to chop at it. i'm going to chop at it until we chop it down. all right. well, that's it for today, soldier. head on our next journey. >> scott bacon's next journey is now in the hands of 12 jurors who have just reached their verdict. they could send him home or send him to prison on two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. each count is for one of two nights that he escorted a 17-year-old girl as she prostituted herself in wichita's red light distric...

>> that's what i'm saying. it was a rage up in you. you didn't even look like yourself. i've known him since he's been in and out of here. he's a challenge but i also see a lot of hurt in him. there's a lot of hurt. i just hate to see him allow the enemy to set him back. i don't think it's going to sink in yet. it hasn't really sunk into him yet but i think it will. think you owe that young man an apology putting your hands on him? >> oh, no. no apology, you know. >> why not? >> because he shouldn't have did what he did, you know. >> again, like i told you, i looked at the video. i didn't see ...

He was the one with a smile on his face, he always had the dance with the song and he could pump the guys up. >> yeah! >> bell was recently sentenced to five years in prison for possession of narcotics with intent to sell. he is now awaiting trial on an additional charge of second degree murder for allegedly shooting a friend and leaving his body in a ditch. bell has pled not guilty. >> no, i did not kill my friend. all they know is he was last seen with you leaving the club. but they think i know who did it, you know. if i knew who did it, you know what i mean, it wouldn't be no call the cops...

Would you beat jesus like that? >> no. >> that's what i'm saying. it was a rage up in you. you didn't even look like yourself. i've known him since he's been in and out of here. he's a challenge but i also see a lot of hurt in him. there's a lot of hurt. i just hate to see him allow the enemy to set him back. i don't think it's going to sink in yet. it hasn't really sunk into him yet but i think it will. think you owe that young man an apology putting your hands on him? >> oh, no. no apology, you know. >> why not? >> because he shouldn't have did what he did, you know. >> again, like i told yo...

But when bacon's mother recently inherited some money, she urged him not to take the deal, and in hopes of winning an acquittal, spent much of the money to hire sarah swain. >> it was a big decision for her and me. caused problems between her and her husband. he definitely wouldn't tell her not to do it, but he told her he was not on board with it. >> and money is a factor in bacon's case, because he accepted money from the girl following her acts of prostitution. >> did i receive some money from her, yeah. did i ever ask her or tell her or make her do anything, never did i. i was pretty much ...