 De Kock has been interviewed a number of times by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, who ended up releasing a book, "A Human Being Died That Night", about her interviews with De Kock, her time on the TRC, and what causes a moral person to become a killer.Upon being convicted on 30 October 1996, De Kock was sentenced to two life sentences plus 212 years in prison for crimes against humanity.The eighty-nine charges included six counts of murder, as well as conspiracy to murder, attempted murder, assault, kidnapping, illegal possession of a firearm, and fraud.