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Third most dangerous city due to crime. 30 miles outside the city is the countys enormous santa rita jail. it is where anyone arrested and charged with a serious offense might very well find themselves on an extended stay. the majority of the 3,000 men and women incarcerated here are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. some are convicted and serving short sentences or are awaiting transfer to state prison. such is the case for philip white. once an ...

To state prison. [ yeah im proud of that, you know what i mean? im proud of that for one because [ bleep ], [ bleep ] went to the hospital. >> if he dies? >> if he dies, [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. whats loco doing life for? because he killed a cho-mo. probably walk the yard with that. >> i see our fine friend mr. nava didnt make it very far. did he? >> no, he didnt. >> nava was just released from segregation a week earlier for another fighting incident. sergeant colette runs the unit and approved his...

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>> holbrook. >> it took nearly two years for cort holbrooks case to even make it to trial. charged with murder, the trial lasted eight days. his jury deliberated for two days. and just an hour ago, is they gave holbrook their verdict. >> the verdict was not guilty of murder which is my original charge. but the jury found me guilty of voluntary manslaughter. my understanding is that the state of california believes that i took a human life unlawfully. whether thats under the guise of excessive fo...

You have power over somebody who is underneath you, and thats why they make it illegal. and i dont believe that i was in any way aggressive. it was kind of one of those just naturally occurred type of things. it was a comfortable situation for me, and unfortunately that comfort led to no boundaries being properly made for myself. for me, now, theres no doubt in my mind that i made a completely immoral and illegal choice. >> olson was sentenced to five years in state prison for the crime and is n...

Protsman was only recently transferred to the jail from state prison where he has been incarcerated for 12 years for the first of his murder convictions. he says he was high on meth when he attacked a female acquaintance in a san diego trailer park. >> i was freaked out. i had done too much. i had already been up for like 14 days. i thought this girl was a snitch. setting me up. i dont know exactly what all came about. the next thing you know, i find her dead on the couch. i had hit her in the h...

>> im leaving. thank god. im leaving. >> two days later, protsman is cuffed and headed out for his transfer to state prison. >> long time. >> last words gene? >> i regret it. >> what? >> killing the people that i did. because now i have no way of ever getting out. >> move it.

Framing him by planting cocaine in the car and alerting police. >> put him a while in a way. >> and dalias defense this time wasnt strong enough for the onslaught of evidence. after 90 minutes of deliberation, the jury found the verdict. >> we find the defendant guilty. dalia taken away. her family sobbing. and the following month, after a crushing victim impact statement from mike dippolito. >> the girl tried to kill me three or four times, handed me an iced tea with antifreeze in it, smiled at...

Prove it he wanted kellys help, but she refused to cooperate, at least when they were first arrested. then moran spotted a potential crack in their relationship. ira had gotten out of jail in four days while kelly, four months later, was still behind bars. why didnt ira bail her out? >> i guess youd have to ask him. she might have the same question. >> reporter: this was morans chance to pounce. he knew kelly was angry and hoped she would finally agree to roll on ira. so he offered her a plea de...

After just 90 minutes of deliberation, the jury returned its verdict. >> we find the defendant guilty of solicitation to commit first-degree murder. >> dalia was taken away, her family sobbing. and the following month after a crushing victim impact statement from mike dippolito. >> the girl tried killing me probably three or four times, handed me an iced tea with antifreeze in it, smiled at me. >> the judge sentenced dalia to 16 years in state prison. amonth later, she was back in court again. h...