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They used to have a little thing here that they called saturday morning lectures and people who would give lectures. they arent doing that anymore. i would like to start that up again. weve got lawyers, weve got doctors, weve got physical therapists, weve got realtors, weve got drug dealers, too, and counterfeiters, and all kinds of things like that. but these drug dealers who have never had a different job in their life, i think would be helpful for them to learn how to do these other things. >...

Paleontological club im working on, they have some great minerals around here. he was teaching the prisoners how to do paleontology right there on the prison ground. thats what its like with pete. hell find the beauty around him. >> the other inmates loved him. it was very clear they protected him. not in a movie where they beat people up for him, but they took care of him in some way. they just felt a proprietary interest in him, like he was special. and it was very sweet to see that they saw w...

I have an idea. they used to have a little thing here that they called saturday morning lectures and people who would give lectures. they arent doing that anymore. i would like to start that up again. weve got lawyers, weve got doctors, weve got physical therapists, weve got realtors, weve got drug dealers, too, and counterfeiters, and all kinds of things like that. but these drug dealers who have never had a different job in their life, i think would be helpful for them to learn how to do these...

Police say he walked away from a work assignment. managed to break into a home and stole a shotgun. he briefly took a hostage before he escaped. he was sent to prison after gunning down his ex-wife. he walked away? >> reporter: it seems extraordinary and it seems thats exactly what happened. timothy buffington walked off the ground of the randall williams correctional facility south of little rock. he was on this work detail bussed -- busted into a house near the prison ground. then he took a ho...

Nearby and were frequent visitors of the prison ground. >> who are you looking for? >> junior! >> staff releasing gate three and gate two at this time. clear. 0917. >> when jones finally exited the prisons main gate, our camera teams met up and we said good-bye to jones and his family. >> see you later! >> but it wouldnt be the last we saw of him. we asked jones if we could follow up with him after he was settled back home. five days after his release, he was appreciating even the smallest perks...

What will those words really mean to those groups and people that have followed this, ben? >> you know, the reality is that this is what many have come to believe, which is that its time for us to really question the death penalty in a way thats final. we have seen it abolished in three states in the last two years. state of illinois, new jersey, new mexico. if we can just abolish it in ten more we can abolish it completely in this country and get america to catch up with the rest of the western...

Deeper, will this be a motivating factor in some sense for those advocacy groups out there that have maintained that this is just a miscarriage of justice? what will those words really mean to those groups and people that have followed this, ben? >> you know, the reality is that this is what many have come to believe, which is that its time for us to really question the death penalty in a way thats final. we have seen it abolished in three states in the last two years. state of illinois, new jer...