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>> but authorities say that one night the abuse led to murder. fish admits he and his girlfriend had been fighting. he says everything had calmed down by the time they went to bed. >> i went to sleep, i passed out. i remember putting my head on the pillow, closing my eyes, i woke up in the same exact position i fell asleep in. i know that. i said, beth, we got to get up. and i shook her hand, and when i shook her hand, her hand was just stiff and ridged with rigor mortis, and it was cold. it just had a waxy feeling. i called my dad and my dad called the police. when the police came, i told the...

In his life, charged with intent to sell narcotics. he hoped his father would be able and willing to bail him out. >> it's $2500. 10% of $25,000 bail. thank you, dad. all right. yep. i love you. bye. he doesn't deserve a phone call from here. but it's all my fault that i'm here. it's no one's fault but myself. >> there's a term that people use called a fish and basically if you're a new booking and you've never been in jail before, it's like you can imagine when you take a fish out of water. they're just very disoriented, they're lost, they don't know what's going on. luckily they don't flop a...

Too afraid to go to iraq. i said my dad was in vietnam. i can do this, too. so i decided, i'm going to do it. and so that was my second chance. so they sent me to iraq. >> in iraq, fish was assigned to an air force base hospital where wounded soldiers arrived daily. >> the only thing i remember specifically is the first guy i treated, he's dead now. and he was a marine. he came in and his arm was damaged. it was totally wrapped up. they're sticking needles and stuff in him and doing procedures on him and i'm helping the nurses as much as i can there. and then the nurse says, hey, if you want t...

Important stories in a place like maricopa county with 9,000 inmates. so you're always looking for reasons to talk to people or things that might be interesting. in the case of clark fish, i came across him in a very, very unique way. i was walking past his cell and i saw how his socks had been folded and his socks had been rolled up in a ball with these little smiles. and as a veteran, i knew that's exactly how you folded -- were trained to fold your socks in the military. and so i said, were you in the service? and he goes, yeah, i was in the army. >> i joined the army straight out of high s...

A key difference between shooting in jail and prison is that in prison inmates know their fate. >> come get me out. for real. >> they have pled or been found guilty. and with few exceptions, they know their sentences won't change. >> put your hands on the fence. >> in jail, most of the inmates are still awaiting a trial. their futures are in the hands of lawyers, judges and juries. such was the case with clark fish, who we met at the maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona, while he was awaiting trial for murder. >> as a producer, it's challenging to find your characters and to find the impor...