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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...

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 ten years left on a 30-year sentence for so...

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. teter was once again denied parol...

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, everyone has guidelines. of course, in your situation the guidelines are a little narrower because of the case. thats just something youll have to ...

Its often said prisons are like cities behind walls. if that metaphor were applied to alabamas holman correctional facility, inmate, robert, 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 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 served at holman, teter has developed an appr...

>> so how are you feeling about your next chance? >> after what i know about this 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. >> i will 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. its 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 prei...

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. teter was once again denied parole. he will most likely not leave holman until his 30-year sentence is complete. >> i have two daughters. i like at it from that perspective. do i want these people around my family? no. but there again, some day in 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 f...

They stopped me. they pulled the rug out from under my feet, laid fake charges on me and took me to court. i have been here since 1990. and its a long time. now i have three grandkids out there, and im a great-grandfather, i was told. and all this has happened while ive been in prison the last 20 years. the hardest part of it is being without my wife. its like shes -- shes everything. shes the bubble i live in. >> im here to visit my husband robert teter. >> ava teter lives just a few miles from...

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 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 an...

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