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And thats just something that youll have to just stay within those guidelines just a little more tighter than someone else. now, according to your record i saw -- didnt see anything in there where you had been on probation for parole before, is that correct? >> no. >> i see you were in the air force. >> yes. >> you wasnt the parole officer here the last time, were you? >> no, i dont think i was the officer that interviewed you. >> every time theyve come here before it was whats your home plan an...

>> 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 walls, 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 developed an appreciation for simple routines. >> cup of coffee. first thing. cup of coffee and a cigarette. thats it. thats every morning. >> at the time of our shoot, tedder still had ten years l...

>> ever since his 1984 conviction tedder has said his charges were trumped up in order to run him out of town. >> i found out a bunch of people in alabama needed a good contractor. i moved up to alabama. five years later i got a warning to get out of town and quit contracting or were going to stop you. i laughed at them because i was licensed for everything, plumbing, electrical, everything, and they stopped me. they pulled the rug out from under my feet, put some fake charges on me, and took me...

Tedder was once again denied parole. he will most likely not leave holman until his 30-year sentence is complete. >> i have two daughters, and i look at it from that perspective. do i want these people around my family? no. but there again, some day, in this case robert tedder is going to walk out this door free. so you have to look at it from that side. hes going to go free. it may not be on parole, but hes going to eos his sentence in 2014, and hes coming out. and society is going to have to a...

>> appreciate it. >> okay. >> the parole hearing for robert was interesting in that, robert believed every time he might have a chance. he felt very hopeful. hed been turned down many times before, so he obviously carried that realism with him. but i think that there was a piece of him that thought maybe this could be the time i get set free. so what are your thoughts, feelings about the whole thing? >> well, the way he was talking, he may give a good report. so things may go my way this time. >...

>> 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 just kind of like playing florida lottery, you just pick a number and wait. >> prior to parole hearings the board sends a representative to conduct a preinterview in order to prepare a recommendation on whether or not the inmate should be paroled. >> come on in, ro...

And thats just something that youll have to just stay within those guidelines just a little more tighter than someone else. now, according to your record, i didnt see anything in there where you had been on probation or parole before, is that correct? i see you were in the air force. >> yeah. you wasnt a parole officer here the last time, were you? >> no, i dont think i was the officer that interviewed you. >> every time theyve come here before, it was whats your home plan and job plan? and i gi...

It. all right. good luck to you. >> i appreciate it. >> 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 piece of him that thought maybe this could be the time i get set free. >> so what are your thoughts and feelings about the whole thing? >> well, the way he was talking, he may give a good report. so...

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 him the paper and answer his questions, and just kind of like playing florida lottery, you just pick a number and wait. >> prior to parole hearings, the board sends a representative to conduct a pre-interview in order to prepare a recommendation on whether or not the inmate sho...

Alabamas correctional facility, roberts home would be about 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 on the street, only no walls, 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 as holmen, he has developed an appreciation of the little things. >> a cup of coffee. cup of coffee and a cigarette, thats every morning....