NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. WE LET THEM DOWN. SEEMED LIKE WE LET THEM DOWN. WE ARE HEARING FROM FAMILY MEMBERS TODAY AFTER THE WOMAN WHO PLED GUILTY TO PLAYING A ROLE IN THE DEATHS OF THREE KIDS AT THE HANDS OF HER BOYFRIEND, IS SENTENCED. WDSU REPORTER SHAY O’CONNOR LIVE. IS THAT SENTENCING JUST WRAPPED UP WITH THE EXACT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SHANIKA PHILLIPS WILL SPEND BEHIND BARS? SHAY. TRAVIS AND JUDGE KIM HOLMES SENTENCED THE 32 YEAR OLD TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR HER ROLE. ACTUALLY JUST HEARD FROM FAMILY WHO TELLS ME THAT THEY DON’T FEEL THAT SENTENCE IS ENOUGH. IN FACT, THE AUNT OF THE THREE KIDS KILLED HER NAME IS ANGIE WALDEN. SHE ACTUALLY JUST CALLED ME BACK AFTER SEEING OUR PREVIOUS REPORTS. SHE TELLS ME THAT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAT GET MORE TIME FOR MARIJUANA CHARGES THAN THIS. NOW. PHILLIPS WITHDREW HER. NOT GUILTY PLEA EARLIER THIS WEEK AND THEN PLEADED GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS OF ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER. DURING THAT HEARING MONDAY, SHE WAS ATTACKED BY A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE VICTIMS. TODAY, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL OPSO DEPUTIES IN COURT TO ASSURE THAT IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. NOW, JUST HOURS AGO, PHILLIPS TOOK THE STAND TO APOLOGIZE. POLICE SAY AT SOME POINT, PHILLIPS WAS ACTUALLY ON SCENE OF THE MURDERS. THEN WE’RE TOLD THAT SHE LEFT AND WAS THE PERSON TO PICK UP JOSEPH WASHINGTON FROM THE WEST BANK. I’M TOLD THEY ATE FOOD AND EVEN TOOK A NAP IN THE HOURS AFTER HE COMMITTED THAT DEVASTATING CRIME FOR YEARS. IT’S LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE. IT’S JUST IT JUST SEEMED LIKE. IT SEEMED LIKE THEY JUST TRYING TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY. LET ME JUST GET IT OUT THE WAY. BECAUSE WHAT IS FOUR YEARS? SHE HELPED HELP ENDING THEIR LIVES WITH THREE INNOCENT CHILDREN. NOW, JUDGE HOLMES DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT PHILLIPS MAY HAVE BEEN ABUSED BY WASHINGTON DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP. MEANWHILE, THE FAMILY TELLS ME THEY PLAN TO APPEAL THIS DECISION. REPORTING LIVE FROM CRIMINAL