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Someone that claimed they didnt do something that they actually did. >> darrell is allowed only one hour of recreation time a day and must be escorted in chains and leg irons by two officers. >> any movement outside your cell is valued. the walls sort of limit your field of vision. so you get a sense of the open air, even if it is inside of a cage. >> john johnson has been on death row for 20 years. >> i was arrested in 1984, convicted of murder of my wife in 1985. when i first went to death row...

Killed in automobile wrecks in many other ways while were here waiting to be executed by the state. >> the fate of each man on death row will play out in its own time. but to fill this time, riverbend has integrated a unique incentive program for the inmates. those on levels a and b are given more privileges, more rec time, jobs in the unit, educational programs, and increased visitation. darrell holtom, like the other level cs, gets no visitation and is locked down 23 hours a day. >> we were th...

Every day when we get up, a lot of us, we work on our cases. its like getting in a car every day out there. every day we get up and get in that car and we hope we dont get run over. were all going to die sometime. so thousands of people get killed in automobile wrecks in many other ways while were here waiting to be executed by the state. >> the fate of each man on death row will play out in its own time. but to fill this time, riverbend has integrated a unique incentive program for the inmates....

In november of 2004. >> when it comes my time, hey, im going to lay down and just deal it with, you know? >> while most of the men on death row hope for clemency, there is one inmate who admits his guilt and expects to be executed. >> i was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder, my children. and the sentence is death on each count. it wasnt a question of who did it. theres no doubt. probably an hour and a half after everything happened, i went to the police station of my own volition a...

Killed them. im not going to sell out. im not going to change my views on the death penalty just because im facing the death penalty. i do think that death penalty is appropriate in some cases. and ive got a low tolerance for someone that claimed they didnt do something that they actually did. >> darrell is allowed only one hour of recreation time a day and must be escorted in chains and leg irons by two officers. >> any movement outside your cell is valued. the walls sort of limit your field of...

4-year-old daughter, killing them all. >> i miss them. but, no, i cant say that i feel any remorse. >> darrell has never tried to fight his death sentence. >> can you mitigate the death of four children? with a straight face? the fact that my children are dead, that im the one that killed them. im not going to sell out. im not going to change my views on the death penalty just because im facing the death penalty. i do think that death penalty is appropriate in some cases. and ive got a low toler...

>> john johnson has been on death row for 20 years. >> i was arrested in 1984, convicted of murder of my wife in 1985. when i first went to death row, i was somewhat shocked. you cant really know in a prison cell until you get there. and you get to the point where you dont really think about it. every day when we get up, a lot of us, we work on our cases. its like getting in a car every day out there. every day we get up and get in that car and we hope we dont get run over. were all going to die...

Tennessee has only executed one person. but that statistic doesnt give false hope to those living on death row. >> according to the tennessee supreme court, supposed to be executed on the eighth of june. i dont see clemency from the governor or anybody else in my future. >> i got within six days of execution date. in november of 2004. >> when it comes my time, hey, im going to lay down and just deal it with, you know? >> while most of the men on death row hope for clemency, there is one inmate w...

In 1985. when i first went to death row, i was somewhat shocked. you cant really know in a prison cell until you get there. and you get to the point where you dont really think about it. every day when we get up, a lot of us, we work on our cases. its like getting in a car every day out there. every day we get up and get in that car and we hope we dont get run over. were all going to die sometime. so thousands of people get killed in automobile wrecks in many other ways while were here waiting t...

>> can you mitigate the death of four children? with a straight face? the fact that my children are dead, that im the one that killed them. im not going to sell out. im not going to change my views on the death penalty just because im facing the death penalty. i do think that death penalty is appropriate in some cases. and ive got a low tolerance for someone that claimed they didnt do something that they actually did. >> darrell is allowed only one hour of recreation time a day and must be escor...