Two brothers who drugged their parents with Xanax and then brutally attacked them inside the family's Georgia home have each been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Christopher Ervin, 23, and his brother Cameron, 19, pleaded guilty to all 13 charges against them - including kidnapping, aggravated assault and armed robbery.
Their parents Yvonne and Zachary Ervin, both 51, were in the courtroom as their sons apologized to them for that horrific night on September 5, 2015.
Christopher (left) and Cameron (right) Ervin, 23 and 19, have each been sentenced to 20 years in prison after they attacked their parents Yvonne and Zachary Ervin, both 51, at their home
The two brothers (pictured in court on Monday) pleaded guilty to all 13 charges against them - including kidnapping, aggravated assault and armed robbery
Their parents were in the courtroom (pictured) as their sons apologized to them for that horrific night on September 5, 2015, when they tried to kill them
Christopher discussed his past struggles with addiction, saying he and his brother were high on drugs the night they tried to blow up their own home in Snellville.
'Am I redeemable? I believe so,' he said in court on Monday, according to WSB-TV. 'The facts in this case, that's me at my absolute worse.'
Cameron talked of how his parents had visited him at least once a week as he spent the last year in the Gwinnett County Detention Center.
'[That's] at least 60 visits, with my parents, one on one. Thirty minutes a visit. That's over just a day, two days spent talking to one another,' he said.
'And I realize how much I love them. And I realize how much they love me.'
He said he wanted to spend the rest of his life 'showing God how grateful I am that he spared them'.
'I'm extremely regretful, remorseful, and just overall sorry beyond explanation for this situation,' he said.
The boys stabbed Zachary more than 10 times (pictured). He also suffered a severe head injury after he was hit with a shotgun
Yvonne's face was left brutally battered by her sons, who began beating their parents when they failed to blow up the family's house in Snellville, Georgia
It was an apology that Yvonne and Zachary had heard before, and had accepted.
The parents, who publicly defended their sons less than a month after the attack, had asked the judge to give Christopher and Cameron 10 years, the lightest sentence available.
They said their sons were 'redeemable' and had overcome their struggles with drugs and depression.
'That night, being in that house that night, I saw Satan,' Zachary said on the stand.
'And I knew shortly after that, that what had happened to us wasn't my sons. And that's why I've been able to stand with them and advocate for them.'.
'These are not the sons we raised,' Yvonne added. 'My sons would not do something like this.'
Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Hendee fought to lock up Christopher and Cameron for 30 years, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge Ronnie Batchelor compromised, handing down a 20-year sentence with 30 years of probation to follow.
The parents, who publicly defended their sons less than a month after the attack, had asked the judge to give Christopher and Cameron 10 years, the lightest sentence available
They said their sons were 'redeemable' and had overcome their struggles with drugs and depression that they believe led to the attack
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ShareVivid details of the attack were described in court before the sentencing on Monday, with Hendee showing photos of the aftermath at the Ervins' home in Snellville.
It all began at dinner, when Christopher and Cameron spiked their parents' drinks with Xanax.
Zachary and Yvonne then went to a high school football game, but returned home early because they suddenly felt tired. They soon fell asleep.
The horrifying scene that followed, which began when the parents woke up to see their sons trying to smother them, was captured in Yvonne's desperate 911 call.
'Please send someone to my house,' she begins, breathing heavily into the phone. 'My children are trying to kill me.'
'What do you mean that your children are trying to kill you?' the emergency dispatcher asks.
'They've attacked me and my husband,' Yvonne continues. 'They drugged us with Xanax, they've attacked us and they're trying to kill us.'
'They tried to strangle and shoot us, they thought we were asleep and they tried to attack us. They beat me up, they beat him up, they're trying to kill us.'
Police said they found blood and broken furniture throughout the house (pictured) and also believe the brothers' tampered with the gas line to blow up the residence
When the dispatcher asked Yvonne why the sons had begun their attack she responded, 'I don't know what's going on, I don't know why they've done this'
'They have a shotgun,' she continues. 'We have a shotgun and a pistol in the house and I can't find my pistol so I'm assuming they've taken it - and they have his shotgun.'
The dispatcher then asks Yvonne why her sons began their attack.
'I don't know what's going on,' she responded. 'I don't know why they've done this, I really don't, I guess they want the insurance money, I'm not sure.'
Police said they found blood and broken furniture throughout the house and also believe the brothers' tampered with the gas line to blow the house up.
Zachary had been stabbed more than 10 times and had a severe head injury after he was hit with a shotgun.
Zachary and Yvonne appeared on Good Morning America (pictured) less than a month after the attack to defend their sons, saying they loved them 'unconditionally'
Yvonne, who was 'seriously injured', was found lying on her bed by officers.
Cameron Ervin was outside the home when police arrived at the scene. His brother was found lying face down in a second-floor bathroom.
'Just kill me now,' Cameron allegedly said in a police cruiser, according to WSB-TV.
'I tried to f****** kill my parents. Who does that?'
Zachary and Yvonne appeared on Good Morning America less than a month after the attack to defend their sons, saying they loved them 'unconditionally'.
'We don't know what happened, our kids had one bad moment,' Zachary said. 'For now we just need to focus on healing.'
'We forgive our boys because that was totally out of character for them,' Yvonne added. 'They're not violent, they've never gotten in any type of trouble.'
The parents also launched a nonprofit, called Fighting for Forgiveness, to help those who suffer from depression.
'We forgive our boys because that was totally out of character for them,' Yvonne said. 'They're not violent, they've never gotten in any type of trouble'
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