Randy McCowan, Connor’s father, said he thinks the sentencing was harsh because the family and the prosecution wanted an "eye for an eye."

Mother Judy McCowan said she felt awful about what happened to Andrew Singler, but her son didn’t do anything illegal that night.

“I understand how it appears, but you can legally put a pocket knife into your pocket in our state,” Judy said. You can open it in our state, so what he did, yes, it doesn’t sound that great, but what he did was legal.

Sister Shay McCowan said whenever she and her boyfriend Singler would argue, she would text her brother and he would come over. She said his presence would mediate the situation.

On the night of the incident, Shay said she didn’t think Connor would go to Singler's apartment and thought he was worked up because he had been woken up.

Phil McGraw, the host of "Dr. Phil," said major points of evidence were Connor not calling 911, running from the scene and throwing away the knife.

Judy said her son was afraid after the incident but didn’t think the wound was something Andrew was die from.

McGraw also said juries generally get it right and if the result is unjust, it’s because of what they were told.

“There were tons they weren’t told,” Randy said.

The McCowan family's segment ended without further explanation of the information not provided to the jury.

Randy said the McCowan family would be pursuing an appeal of the decision.