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To 2002. and then again five years to 200 2007. >> [ inaudible ] >> after what i know about the state of alabama, i dont know. >> i got to the point where i dont trust people. i dont trust the law. i dont trust anybody. >> ill probably never live to get out of here. i dont know. im just going to go in there and hand them the paper and answer his questions. and kind of like playing florida lottery. you just pick a number and wait. >> prior to parole hearings, the board sends a representative to c...

Its often said that prisons are like cities behind walls. if that metaphor were applied to alabamas holeman correctional facility, robert tatters home would be six feet long by three feet wide. >> this is home. bed to bed right here. each one of these beds is like having a house in a subdivision out there on the street, only no wall, no doors, no privacy. so you just kind of ignore whats going on next door to you. >> after 20 years of incarceration, 17 of them served at holman, tedder has develo...

And dealing with children, and i wouldnt even speculate what his chances are. i mean, i know whats stacked up against him. >> all right, robert. good luck to you. and i hope it works the way you want it. >> okay. i appreciate it. >> good luck. okay. >> the parole hearing for robert was interesting in that robert believed every time he might have a chance. he felt very hopeful. he had been turned down many times before, so he obviously carried that realism with him. but i think that there was a p...

Holiday here. theres no christmas. theres no tree. every day is the same. when you get up its the same people, the same thing, the same rat race. and theres no relaxation. >> at the time of our shoot, tedder still had ten years left on a 30-year sentence for some very serious convictions. they include sodomy, public exposure, and enticement of a child. >> robert was one of those inmates who was adamant that he was falsely accused, falsely convicted. >> ever since his 1984 conviction, tedder has ...