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ARMED, THEY SAY THEY DON'T KNOW
RIGHT NOW.
>> SARAH, THANK YOU.
>>> NOW TO THE CASE AGAINST A
22-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO ADMITTED
THAT HE KILLED SOMEONE WHILE
DRIVING DRUNK WHEN HE POSTED
THIS VIDEO CONFESSION ONLINE.
HIS ATTORNEYS ARE MAKING A PLEA
TO THE JUDGE NOW JUST DAYS
BEFORE HIS SENTENCING.
>> Reporter: IT MAY BE THE MOST
VIEWED CONFESSION THAT HE'LL
EVER, MORE THAN 2 MILLION HITS
ON YOUTUBE.
>> ON JUNE 22nd, 2013, I HIT AND
KILLED VINCENT CAONI.
>> Reporter: NOW AUTHORITIES SAY
THAT VIDEO MADE BEFORE HE WAS
EVER CHARGED IS ONE REASON THE
JUDGE SHOULD BE LENIENT WHEN
SENTENCING THE 22-YEAR-OLD.
>> WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS FOR THE
JUDGE TO LOOK AT THE PERSON WHO
MADE THE VIDEO.
LOOK AT HIS CHARACTER, HIS
INTEGRITY AND HIS COURAGE.
>> Reporter: HE WAS ALREADY A
SUSPECT IN THE DEATH OF THE
61-YEAR-OLD NAVY VETERAN AND
FATHER WHEN HE MADE THE VIDEO.
BUT HIS ATTORNEYS SAY CORDLE HAS
TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
CRIME BY TURNING HIMSELF IN AND
PLEADING GUILTY AND SPREADING
HIS MESSAGE TO DON'T DRINK AND
DRIVE.
POLICE SAY HIS REMORSE COULD
MEAN LENIENCY ON A SIX-MONTH DUI
SENTENCE BUT ON THE VEHICULAR
HOMICIDE THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE
MAXIMUM.
>> YOU HAVE A TRAGIC CRIME
TAKING PLACE AND IT'S NOT
SURPRISING THAT THE PROSECUTION
IS TAKING A TOUGH STANCE ON THIS
CASE AND ONLY INSISTING ON THE
EIGHT YEARS IN JAIL.
>> Reporter: CORDLE TALKED TO ME
BEFORE TURNING HIMSELF IN LAST
MONTH.
>> I HOPE THE CANZONI FAMILY CAN
GET CLOSURE ON THIS AND I PRAY
THEY FIND PEACE SOMEDAY AND
PEOPLE TAKE MY MESSAGE AT HEART.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE DAUGHTER
ANGRY ABOUT HIS FATHER'S DEATH