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Novels and writing poetry. >> i like to read a lot. i like nicholas sparks. walk to remember. >> romantics. >> oh, yeah, i am a sucker for that. >> do you cry when you read the sad parts? >> yeah. most of the guys don't want to admit that, hey, we're in jail. you know? i don't care. >> miramontez was facing the possibility of a lifetime in prison. >> been down almost two years. charges are special circumstance murder. big case. big case. >> miramontez had entered a not guilty plea and was still awaiting trial when we met him. the night of the murder he says he was visiting friends in an orange...

Ocean, you know. it is good. being in here is like, hey, man, in hawaii or something. better place than being in jail, right? >> although he can face a life sentence if he is found guilty, miramontez has chosen optimism over pessimism. >> don't think negative no matter how dark the world gets. just laugh. just laugh. that one, there is nothing else to do. that is when the pain gets too much, that's what i do. i live my life with my own philosophy. in here is yesterday was a dream, right? tomorrow is only a vision. make every yesterday a of hope. tomorrow a dream of happiness. >> coming up -- >...

>> what ended up happening was the orange county home boys exited the vehicle and a fight ensued which turned into a stabbing which turned into a slashing and the victim's neck was cut and he bled to death at the scene. >> he admits to being in the car and says he never participated in the murder. >> i am from l.a. i am not from orange county. why bother getting in the mix? so i just decided to stay in the car. one of the situations you are in that bad place at the wrong time, you know? i was there, so i am here now facing a long time. >> miramontez says even though he wasn't involved in the m...

>> miramontez spends large parts of his day drawing, reading or writing poetry. he says he has for saken his gang and is housed in protective custody. he says it is worth it. >> i don't want this lifestyle. look where it got me. i don't want this lifestyle for no one. they use you. spit you out. >> his analogy was it is like bubble gum. when you put it in it is fresh and chewy and chew it up for a little while and spit it out and that's his analogy of the gang. he was used when he was soft and vulnerable, and once he got a little hard and a little stale, they spit him out. >> you know, i have ...

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