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Adult prison? apparently, the judge had his own misgivings. a month later, he threw out their convictions and the lawyers worked out a deal. the boys pleaded guilty to third degree murder. alex was sentenced to seven years, derek, eight. they would end up serving time in separate florida juvenile detention centers. and rick chavis? his jury didn't like him. but they didn't think there was enough evidence that he swung the bat. so -- >> as to count i of the indictment, not guilty. >> chavis was acquitted. the courts weren't through with chavis. a few months later he was charged with lewd and la...

Boys didn't seem to really grasp it. >> when james stokes, the attorney for alex, was giving this very impassioned plea before the jury fighting for this child's life literally he finally went and sat down at the defense table and looked over at alex to see alex's reaction and alex was hiding a laugh. he had no concept. he was oblivious to what was going on. >> the jurors almost certainly noticed that childish demeanor. but what did it mean? that these children were so emotionally detached they really could have beaten their father to death or they were so infantile they could be manipulated i...

Learned to talk easily, though kathryn says they have never discussed alex's role in the brutal murder of his father. >> what can you tell me about your dad? >> i don't have too many memories of his personality because we didn't have too good of communication. he was usually tired a lot from having to work and running around, and he was always stressed. and so he slept a lot. >> they were poor, they moved a lot and terry was often out of work. >> what kind of work would he do? >> he worked at printing shop. >> sometimes took alex with him. sometimes on the night shift, alex slept there, nowher...

But just what the decision was remained a secret under seal until after alex and derek king could go to trial for the very same charge. opening arguments in their case would begin the following month. so next the trial of the king brothers. the jailhouse scrubs were gone and the brothers were dressed in their sunday best. now they were the defendants, accused of the premeditated murder of their father. >> alex was the one who wanted his father dead, who encouraged his brother, derek, to do it. >> derek didn't take the witness stand this time, but alex did. again, his relationship with chavis p...

Can go to and all the treats to give you and things like that. this guy -- >> rick? >> this guy presented himself. was it in that situation kind of? >> really, i don't think about it. i don't dwell on it. but it's not a really joyful part of my life. >> clearly, alex was also uncomfortable when the questions turned to his father's murder. >> so what made it happen? what was the trigger? that's what i still don't get. >> the trigger? >> yeah. >> i don't really know. maybe it was stress, you know. maybe it was ricky chavis' influence. maybe it was -- i don't know -- something else. i really -- i...