Lori Vallow Daybell sentencing updates: 'Doomsday' mom gets life ...

Lori Vallow Daybell's defense attorney, John Thomas, said to the court, "We need peace to replace the hurt. And that peace and that healing will only come about by love and compassion."

"Lori, if she could speak to each one of those people who have been hurt by this case … her message would be one of love," Thomas said.

Vallow Daybell was given the opportunity to give her own statement in court but she has not spoken at this point.

"Lori's a very misunderstood person," Thomas said, describing her as kind, loving and caring.

"She was a great mother to her kids," he said. "She has redeeming values."

Thomas added, "There's a lot of confusion and there's a lot of misunderstanding about how this ultimately came to pass."

Thomas asked the court to sentence Vallow Daybell to a 20-year fixed term with an indeterminate term of life.

"We believe that meets all the goals of sentencing with an added bonus of hope," he said.

"If you give her fixed life, you will have essentially thrown her away," and she'll have no incentive to rehabilitate, Thomas said.

"If we give her hope ... she has the incentive to be a model prisoner ... and over time she changes her behavior," he said.

"We ask the court to show mercy and look to the future," he said.