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>> soto did not testify in this trial. and like other gang members, says he wouldn't have named the murderer even if he knew who it was. >> you defend yourself. but as long as you're out bringing other people down, i depth want to be put -- didn't put in that position. >> even if it meant the rest of your life in prison? >> i'm still trying to fight that. i hope it doesn't mean that, but -- >> back at soto's cell, corporal brown's search turns up no contraband, but soto may still have problems to come. it's still too soon to know if he will be criminally charged for attacking hill in full view...

>> i could hear something going on in the bathroom. i look in, i really can't see anything because there is a curtain kind of half pulled. sounds like they're fighting. >> deputy brent ordered the men to stop and come out from behind the curtain. the gang member involved was double amputee jeremy honeycutt. he said that he and the other inmate did not wish to be identified were only arguing. >> just words, most of the time in here it's words, you know what i'm saying in people will fight with words. >> deputy brent asked both men if they were fighting. >> the other guy says they were. honeycut...

Hot coffee on and beat up? >> no. >> following rules laid out by the surenos regarding media, soto agreed to speak with us only in the presence of a senior gang member who would monitor the interview to ensure that he would not reveal any confidential information about the surenos. the senior member requested anonymity. >> can you tell me why you would walk up to a complete stranger and throw hot coffee on his face and beat him up? >> no. i can't talk about that. >> why hot coffee? >> i think it's still the same subject. >> why not just walk up and punch somebody? >> still -- just jail stuff. ...

>> his left eye will heal fine. he's seeing well out of it so we're not overly concerned about it. it's the eye he's having loss of vision in that we're more concerned about. can you see light? >> looks like two. >> you can see a finger. >> yeah. >> he's going to need some close follow-up with the eye doctors to make sure his eye heels appropriately and we give him the best chances to have a full function down the road. >> this doesn't even hurt? >> no. it's just a burn. >> despite his injuries, hill says he will not press charges against soto. >> can't tell. tale that will follow you. pressin...

>> honey cut says members of a gang called the spanish disciples provided protection for him in school. he eventually became a member himself and discovered that his disability provided no exemption from gang violence. >> i got stabbed five times to my head, with a screwdriver. this was sustained from that, too. i got other wounds in the back of my head. i got stabbed 12 times in my back, punctured a lung. that was from a rival gang member. i have a big chunk missing from my stomach where i was shot, they had to remove part of my stomach, large intestine. being shot is worse than getting stabb...