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Blind. deaf. inattentive, without notice. >> youre not supposed to go through a dictionary trying to belittle people. fools do that kind of stuff. >> so i said, can you not call me that word, fool? you feel me? >> call me that again, theyll be problems. >> ill call you what i want. >> from there it just -- >> i will to stop talking. if id have said more, it would have escalated it. >> i guess he felt i was stresses him out. >> im going through, [ bleep ], im going to try to kill you, period. >> ...

>> gadlin uses his wall space to do the math behind his devastating sentence. >> i was curious. our the years, how many days do i have to count down, because i got a calendar and i mark off my days how long ive been down to keep track. that made me wonder. damn, how many days would i have to check down until i bounce back, until i get back? came out to 352,955 days. man, im so much -- im a good person. i dont deserve that right there. i dont deserve none of that. not none of that [ bleep ], man....

>> gregory gadlin admits he takes part in what inmates call toilet talk, but says he never floods his cell. either way, all of that seems trivial now that hes been sentenced to 967 years to life for a spree of 16 robberies and prior felonies convictions under californias three strikes law. >> i just -- i just dont feel its fair. how the hell can one live out that long being incarcerated? how does that seem fair? does that even sound fair? >> as gadlin awaits his transfer to prison hes just gone ...

No matter what it is. >> gad lin has recently been convicted on 16 counts of second-degree robbery. part of a crime spree that spanned three months. authorities say in one of the holdups he shot and the badly wound add store clerk. gadlin has yet to be sentenced. as a three-strike convict, face a minimum of 25 years to life. >> the judge basically deemed me unfit for society. told me i was a career criminal. >> reporter: gadlin denies taking part of the robbery that led to his third strike but a...

>> serious? >> yes, that serious. >> gadlins cellmate was jiles wallace. >> i would hope that he learned to restrain hisself a little more, because in prison its a little worse. restriction is part of life. learn how to restrict your emotions and restrain them because if you dont, you know, thats why im in prison. thats why people get locked up, because they didnt restrain or restrict themselves. >> while they initially got along, both men acknowledged they liked to debate, and apparently the de...

>> you talking about the way thats used. dread head. >> his dictionary came for -- came in handy for another reason. >> responsibility. state of being reliable. trustworthiness, reliability. trustingness, depend act, -- dependability, loyalty, faithfulness. >> now wallace hopes the same words will have meaning for gadlin as he awaits his transfer to prison. >> im getting the counseling and teaching firsthand. feeling like i dont have to do it myself. im getting help, more support. so its kind of...

Situation that brought it about that morning, yesterday morning, was that. i brought up the word hypocrite. you feel me? asked how he felt about it. i was serious. aiming it directly at him and he knew it. >> he likes to tell me about myself. i really dont care what another person thinks about me. god knows my heart. he knows my intentions. i know where ive come from and where im at now. >> yeah. he start calling me all of this crazy stuff, a few words i didnt know. look it up? im like, damn. yo...

>> gadlin knew that his third strike meant a minimum of 50 years to life. which would make him eligible for parole at age 56. instead a judge handed down a sentence of 967 years to life. >> i had a -- because of that, went on a binge. just eating everything that i had stored, everything. everything that i had, just made it. ate much as i could and threw the rest away and went to sleep. >> while gadlin turned to food for comfort he took out frustration, simulating eating a homemade meal on the ou...

>> reporter: gadlin says the grocery ads on his wall represents hope that he might go home one day. >> this right here, this was my favorite meal my mom used to cook for me when i was younger. now the fish sticks with the broccoli, that reminds me of my kids. they like fish sticks and chicken sticks. the fajitas, my wife loves chicken and mexican food. constant reminder, like, damn, thats my wife. thats my mom. thats my kids. >> reporter: the specter of the three strikes law looms over gregory g...

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