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Child. >> robert was one of those inmates who was adamant he was falsely accused, falsely convicted. >> ever since his 1984 conviction teter said his charges were trumped up in order to run him out of town. >> i found out a bunch of people here in alabama needed a good contractor so i moved up to alabama. five years later i got a warning to get out of town and stop contracting or were going to stop you. i laughed at them because i was licensed for everything. plumbing, electrical, everything. th...

Conduct a preinterview in order to prepare a recommendation on whether or not the inmate should be paroled. >> come on in, robert. please have a seat. okay. this morning im going to be interviewing robert teter for a parole hearing he has set in august. any time you have an inmate that comes up for parole thats a sex offender, you know, red flags go up everywhere. when someone gets on parole, everybodys got goodlines guidelines. of course, in your situation, the guidelines are a little narrower ...

>> well, the way he was talking, he may give a good report. so things may go my way this time. >> whats your main goal right now, robert? >> getting back on the street. going back to work. let my wife sit back for a while. >> im hoping this time it will go through. because things are going a little bit different than it has in the past times. i done got everything prepared to where we can have a little time together and everything whenever he does get out. weve got a lot of time to make up for. ...

Holman, teter has developed an appreciation for simple routines. >> cup of coffee. first thing. cup of coffee and a cigarette. thats it. thats every morning. then, you know, comb your hair, get dressed, go outside. there is no such thing as a 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 he still had 10 years left on a 30-year sentence for som...

This case robert teter 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 in a parole, but hes going to eos his sentence in 2014 and hes coming out. and societys going to have to accept that. >> see you later. coming up -- >> im making a birdhouse right now. >> two inmates seek a creative respite. from hell. >> art is my sanity and my salvation. thats what keeps me stable. its a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american...

Robert teter. >> ava teter lives just a few miles from holman and visits regularly. >> thank you. >> you ready? >> yes. >> all right. come on. >> you visit every two weeks and you can stay from 8:00 until about 1:20. for a long time it was real stressful, but then you sort of get used to it. it sort of gets like a daily routine and everything. just like everyday life. >> love you. >> love you. >> you okay? >> yeah. >> my wife comes over to visit, i feel like im 25 again. three days later after s...

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

>> well, the way he was talking, he may give a good report. so things may go my way this time. >> whats your main goal right now, robert? >> getting back on the street. going back to work. let my wife sit back for a while. >> im hoping this time it will go through. because things are going a little bit different than it has in the past times. i done got everything prepared where we can have a little time together and everything. weve got a lot of time to make up for. >> the wait would continue. ...

>> im here to visit my husband robert teter. >> ava teter lives just a few miles from holman and visits regularly. >> thank you. >> you ready? >> yes. >> all right. come on. >> you visit every two weeks and you can stay from 8:00 until about 1:20. for a long time it was real stressful, but then you sort of get used to it. it sort of gets like a daily routine and everything. just like everyday life. >> love you. >> love you. >> you okay? >> yeah. >> my wife comes over to visit, i feel like im 25 ...

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