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Mercy. >> she was their mother. after the kids are born, she delivered the kids, she fed them, took them places. i mean, they had that kind of relationship. but as far as actually being involved in any of the sexual stuff, she wasn't. >> reporter: tapson says nancy is guilty of actually taking dugard but doesn't deserve to spend the rest of her life in prison. that she had no criminal record until she was under phillip's control. >> she's guilty, obviously, of kidnapping and a bunch of other charges, but i think at least based on what happened after all the stuff started to become the bizarre ...

Dugard captive for 18 years. kgo has the latest fm northern california. >> no question about it. full confession. >> reporter: after negotiations opened for a possible plea deal with nancy and phillip garrido, defense lawyer stephen tapson told reporters the couple confessed to the crimes in the past month with dugard present for at least one meeting. the hope was to get leniency for nancy. the da's proposal is 400 years in prison for phillip, 241 for nancy. prompting tapson to reach on it to dugard through the media, to call him because he was thinking more like 20 to 30 years. >> i'm curious...