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The point of joining a gang was for the value of being connected with somebody. being accepted. being, you could say, loved. i was 17 years old. and i got in a gang fight with somebody, and i ended up stabbing them -- stabbing that person to death. and when i reflect back, when i was stabbing him, i wasn't stabbing just him. but it was -- i was stabbing my -- everybody that i had anger against. i went back to my buddy's house. and i just told him, man, i did something bad, you know. i did something bad. i was shaking. i didn't know what to do. next day i went to school, you know, like trying t...

He's out of there. whoo-hoo! >> my year, i hope to hit over .400 and still be the leading base stealer on the team. >> go, go, go! go, go! >> in prison, you know, base stealing, that's not a good term to use, but baseball-wise, that's the best term to use. stealing bases and throwing people out. now i know why baseball is america's pastime sport, you know? >> key is serving a 25-year-to-life sentence that began when he was 17 years old. >> at 17 i was just confused. i didn't know who i was. i wanted to play sports because i wanted to go to college, you know, and play baseball, you know. but th...

With somebody. being accepted. being, you could say, loved. i was 17 years old. and i got in a gang fight with somebody, and i ended up stabbing them -- stabbing that person to death. and when i reflect back, when i was stabbing him, i wasn't stabbing just him. but it was -- i was stabbing my -- everybody that i had anger against. i went back to my buddy's house. and i just told him, man, i did something bad, you know. i did something bad. i was shaking. i didn't know what to do. next day i went to school, you know, like trying to make everything normal again. but in reality, it wasn't normal....

Being accepted. being, you could say, loved. i was 17 years old. and i got in a gang fight with somebody. and i ended up stabbing them. stabbing that person to death. and when i reflect back, when i was stabbing him, i wasn't stabbing just him. but it was -- i was stabbing my -- everybody that i had anger against. i went back to my buddy's house. and i just told him, man, i did something bad, you know. i did something bad. i was shaking. i didn't know what to do. next day i went to school, you know, like trying to make everything normal again. but in reality, it wasn't normal. i took somebody'...

I was a kid and looking for -- looking for companionship. looking for a place to fit in. the point of joining a gang was for the value of being connected with somebody. being accepted. being, you could say, loved. i was 17 years old. and i got in a gang fight with somebody. and i ended up stabbing them. stabbing that person to death. and when i reflect back, when i was stabbing him, i wasn't stabbing just him. but it was -- i was stabbing my -- everybody that i had anger against. i went back to my buddy's house. and i just told him, man, i did something bad, you know. i did something bad. i wa...