Page 2 - Interviewing Alejandro Steele News Today

>> and you help them see? >> no, allegedly. >> yes, alejandro was playing a cat and mouse game, absolutely. part of it it could have been the convict code not to reveal too much information, and part of it could very well have been the fact that he was kind of delighted to be out of his cell and able to have this exchange and kind of get people going. >> but eventually, steele came clean about the attack on the d.a. >> couple months before -- a month before, i knew he was the one that was going ...

The stab wound itself was not considered serious. the bigger problem was the risk of infection. >> i went to the hospital, i was at the emergency room, i went through a series of shots, they cleaned out the wound. it took several blood tests and i remember picking up the blood result and looked and looked for hiv. and hepatitis negative, hiv negative. so i was like, well, all right, ill go ahead and take that. >> we asked steele for his version of the story. and in spite of all of the witnesses,...

The most challenging part of interviewing alejandro steele was when i started asking him about his most visible crime. >> that crime occurred while steele was serving his original sentence and got him an additional 23 years. it was an assault that he carried out literally in front of a jury of his peers. >> i saw basically the whites of his eyes and i saw him coming at me. i didnt see his hands, but he moved relatively quickly on me and i feel -- i feel a punch in my chest. >> in 2001, steele wa...

A good family compared to a lot of the families i hear about in here. my dads a retired naval officer. he retired from the navy and joined the national guard, retired from the national guard and then started going to the county for a job. he retired as the county jail administrator. my mom, shes a secretary. shes very educated, very knowledgeable about things. she quit her job to stay home with me so that i would have someone there for when i got home from school. do my homework, make sure i do ...

>> steele was convicted of attempted murder in the assault on salazar. he was also found guilty of the charge that brought him to court that day, throwing urine on a correctional officer. and it wasnt the first time he had assaulted an officer. >> allegedly they say ive slipped my cuffs. and when they opened my door i started swinging and i made the c.o. jump off the tier and run out of the pod. left me on the chair by myself, went back to my cell and that was that. >> why assault on staff? >> a...

Taken away in a moments notice. >> and you help them see? >> no, allegedly. >> yes, alejandro was playing a cat-and-mouse game, absolutely. part of it could have been the convict code not to reveal too much information, and part of it could very have been the fact that he was kind of delighted to be out of his cell and able to have this exchange and kind of get people going. >> but eventually steele came clean about the attack on the d.a. >> couple months before -- a month before, i knew he was ...

They came through the garage door, i put the gun in their face, told them to shut up, sit on the couch, i finished robbing the house, left, and that was it. >> we had numerous off-camera conversations, but everything switched when it became an on-camera interview. theres a convict code that many of these guys have to live by. and part of that code is to not reveal too much information. the most challenging part of interviewing alejandro steele was when i started asking him about his most visible...

>> what do you admit here? >> i admit to being prison number 50857 and i admit to my mistakes i made to come to prison. >> steele was convicted of attempted murder in the assault on salazar. he was also found guilty of the charge that brought him to court that day, throwing urine on a correctional officer. and it wasnt the first time he had assaulted an officer. >> allegedly they say ive slipped my cuffs. and when they opened my door, i just started swinging, and i made the c.o. jump off the tie...

The penitentiary of new mexico who grew up with all of lifes advantages and yet still became a violent predator. >> i come from a nice family. a good family compared to a lot of the families i hear about in here. my dads a retired naval officer. he retired from the navy and joined the national guard, retired from the national guard and then started going to the county for the job. he retired as the county jail administrator. my mom, shes a secretary. shes very educated, very knowledgeable, she q...

Someone came home, i laid in wait or whatever. they came through the garage door, i put the gun in their face, told them to shut up, sit on the couch, i finished robbing the house, left, and that was it. >> we had numerous off-camera conversations, but everything switched when it became an on-camera interview. theres a convict code that many of these guys have to live by. and part of that code is to not reveal too much information. the most challenging part of interviewing alejandro steele was w...