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>> who threw the water on him >> i dont know about that. >> who threw the water on him? >> sir, with all-due respect, none of those injuries -- >> that wasnt fresh. who threw the water on him? >> that wasnt me. >> while hernandez and lomez acknowledge fighting with sanchez, they insist some of the other injuries were from a fight two days earlier. so sergeant tucker calls the officer who was on duty at the time and the story seems to check out.

>> when i am high on heroin, it is like anything triggers me. ill just go off. i mean, i could be sitting next to someone. if some little thing irritate me, ill start screaming, i mean, like on attack mode. its -- it is scary. basically, i chose that drug over my kids. and they probably have a better life without me. >> sanchezs son has recovered, and is living with relatives. if convicted in trial, sanchez could face anywhere from five to 99 years in prison. but she is working with prosecutors ...

Give her credit for time served. good luck, maam. >> thank you. >> sanchezs sentence of 10 years in tdc, texas department of corrections, means she will transfer from jail to state prison. as sanchez is let out of court, her lawyer believes justice was not fully served. >> i am just torn up. i like her. she is an anomaly. she is not for whom the prison sentence is designed. i think she is going to have a long road. >> coming up. an officer receives the shocking experience of 50,000 volts of tase...

Inmates are never told exactly when the transfer will occur. while sanchez can only wait in the cell where he spent most of the past two years, there is one new change. >> looks like i cant stop crying. i came over here planning on not crying, not to show -- not to be all -- just as soon as i got here, i started crying. i couldnt take it anymore. i couldnt hold it in. >> sanchez says she was determined not to show her emotions in jail. but releasing them may have come too late. she believes her ...

If convicted in trial, sanchez could face anywhere from 5 to 99 years in prison. but she is working with prosecutors on a plea deal. she says the only way to get through this difficult time is by numbing her emotions. >> i mean, i can cry and stuff, but i choose not to. i choose, i guess, to be feeling numb. after a while, it just -- try to block it out. try to block out whatever you are feeling. and thats the only way, to me, thats the only way i can cope every day. sometimes i watch tv. some c...

As sanchez is led out of court, her lawyer believes justice was not fully served. >> i am just torn up. i like her. she is an anomaly. she is not for whom the prison sentence is designed. i think she is going to have a long road. >> coming up -- >> taser, taser, taser. >> a srt officer experiences the shocking effects of 50,000 volts of taser power. then, training gives way to a real life call when guerra gets angry. where we explore. protecting biodiversity. everywhere we work. defeating malari...

>> because officers did not witness the fight and sanchez made no mention of it or discussed his injuries with staff, no disciplinary report was filed. but several inmates said that sanchez was, in fact, in an earlier fight lending credence to lomez. all three inmates will be locked in single-man segregation cells for a cooling off period of at least 24 hours. >> place your hands on the top bunk. lomez, who is serving a one-year sentence for burglarizing a vehicle says sanchez started this lates...

>> who threw the water on him 1234. >> i dont know about that. >> who threw the water on him? >> sir, with all-due respect, none of those injuries -- >> that wasnt fresh. who threw the water on him? >> that wasnt me. >> while hernandez and lomez acknowledge fighting with sanchez, they insist some of the other injuries were from a fight two days earlier. so sergeant tucker calls the officer who was on duty at the time and the story seems to check out.

And then came back to his cell and wanted me to come inside. >> i take off my shirt, open the cell door and he comes out swinging. i did what i had to do. sanchez is accused of car theft to which he plans to plead not guilty. a life-long stutter. he says the fight resulted from a dispute with lomez. >> he was trying to fight with the stupid, game. >> oh, thats old news. i mean, maybe he needed money

Flood the yard to bring it under control. remarkably, sanchez is the only fatality. but overall the wounds are deep and widespread with nearly 300 reported injuries. >> i dont know how you quantitate violence, but for me that was the most id ever seen at one time in any place. >> in the end, the district attorney convicts the leader of the hispanics, jose luis sanches, of riot, voluntary, manslaughter, and attempted murder and the death of miguel sanchez, a member of his own gang. after this, th...