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Down, you know, it seems like he can tell and he's right there. he'll climb all over you and stuff. when they executed my friend mike, he slept in the bed the whole night with me, you know. that was pretty cool. my cat cletus. society didn't need, you know, some guys back here worthy of, you know, keeping their life, so they gave them a death sentence. you know, that's like giving up. i'm not going to -- you know, nobody wanted the cat, i'll take him, you know? everybody deserves a second chance. you like being here, cletus? take it as a no. why not? you get fed every day, don't you, boy? you ...

They "x" people out, extinguish life over here. i guess that's why they call it "x" row. >> well, the cat program has proven to be a very helpful program. when we expanded it to include our death row inmates, we do know that that unit, they've had a very calming effect on the death row inmates. they actually have something that they can have an emotional bond with because they are separated from the rest of the facility, and, of course, they always have that looming date over their head. and the bonding and the calmness that it's put on the death row inmates has been very significant. >> i'm n...

Anybody to have to go through, much less for them. also, after so many years, your friends and family tend to start to forget about you and bury you before you're even dead. and that's not a very easy thing to have to -- for them or yourself to have to deal with. >> it's going to be hard. because it's going to be my first execution i've had to deal with since i've been on the row. when you're not working on the row and you don't know these people, it's not really a big deal. but once you get to know them a little bit, it's hard. it's hard to know that i'll come in one day, and it will be all o...

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