Yu Wei Gong, center, appears in court in Honolulu on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, accompanied by his attorney, Darcia Forester, left, and Mandarin Chinese language interpreter on the right. Gong, who admitted to killing and dismembering his mother during an argument in their Honolulu apartment, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)