here to tell his story is the star of law and order-organized crime christopher meloni. [ applause ] good evening. we are not our worst mistakes. let me say that again. we are not our worst mistakes. we all make them. because we re all human. hector guadalupe is no different. he lost both parents by the time he was 15. at 23, he was sentenced to ten years to life for distributing cocaine. when he spent 31 months in solitary confinement surrounded by darkness and cement walls, he decided to rebuild his life. he got fit in mind and body, found focus in the prison gym, and became a certified trainer. when he was released he pounded new york city s pavement for nearly a year until he got a job
less than 1% have re-offended. here to tell his story is the star of law & order: organized crime, christopher meloni. good evening. we are not our worst mistakes. let me say that again. we are not our worst mistakes. we all make em because we re all human. hector guadalupe is no different. he lost both parents by the time he was 15. at 23, he was sentenced to ten years to life for distributing cocaine. when he spent 31 months in solitary confinement surrounded by darkness and cement walls, he decided to rebuild his life. he got fit in mind and body, found focus in the prison gym,
basically, he had to learn that he was just a number. and that was really difficult for him. former associates tell me he went into a state of depression almost immediately after he landed in prison. he basically kept to himself. he gained weight. he was out of shape. he was in a really bad state and it was really hard for him those first months. i think what noorpd o.j. is something clicked, and it became clear that his goal was to get out of prison. and that became his kind of motivating factor. retired corrections officer jeffrey felix is a long time o.j. simpson fan for whom the celebrity prisoner meets all expectations. i thought he was the most charismatic man i had ever met. at lovelock, simpson s first job is cleaning up at the prison gym. but he is eventually promoted to supervisor and is said to be a conscientious worker, despite his stark differences from the other inmates.
prison gym, also some of their families and 30 correctional officers. the pontiff saying i know this moment is painful for you and your family. he said, everyone has something to be cleaned up. he shook their hands, even hugged some, and blessed their rosaries. translator: this time in your life can have but one purposor, to give you a helping hand to get back on the right path. to give you a hand to help you rejoin society. reporter: meanwhile, here at the benjamin franklin parkway in the heart of philadelphia, you can see the mass which is about to start at 4:00 p.m., people taking their seats, you can see the chair and altar where pope francis will conduct this mass, conducted to the whole worgd. it looks as the number is going to be less from what we ll see. the excitement still palpable in the air. this is the main big event
cold blooded killing of a job trainer in milwaukee. sgli always thought that he would come home, and then after a while, i just said, you know, i don t know, it hit me that maybe it won t happen. then i got mad and that turned into anger. reporter: then his father committed another crime to ensure he would never come home. he bludgeoned jeffrey dahmer and another inmate to death in the prison gym. do you think about it, because there is a question of whether or not the guards may have set up your father? because he should have not been left alone with the other two men in priz sson? no well, i think about it all of the time. it makes me wonder if he even did it. reporter: chris understands however that his father pleaded no contest to the murders and he is serving three life terms in colorado, but chris says he also