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Someone that claimed they didn't do something that they actually did. >> darrell is allowed only one hour of recreation time a day and must be escorted in chains and leg irons by two officers. >> any movement outside your cell is valued. the walls sort of limit your field of vision. so you get a sense of the open air, even if it is inside of a cage. >> john johnson has been on death row for 20 years. >> i was arrested in 1984, convicted of murder of my wife in 1985. when i first went to death row, i was somewhat shocked. you can't really know in a prison cell until you get there. and you get t...

Killed in automobile wrecks in many other ways while we're here waiting to be executed by the state. >> the fate of each man on death row will play out in its own time. but to fill this time, riverbend has integrated a unique incentive program for the inmates. those on levels a and b are given more privileges, more rec time, jobs in the unit, educational programs, and increased visitation. darrell holtom, like the other level cs, gets no visitation and is locked down 23 hours a day. >> we were the first state to have any such operation such as this level system with our death row inmates, and ...

Every day when we get up, a lot of us, we work on our cases. it's like getting in a car every day out there. every day we get up and get in that car and we hope we don't get run over. we're all going to die sometime. so thousands of people get killed in automobile wrecks in many other ways while we're here waiting to be executed by the state. >> the fate of each man on death row will play out in its own time. but to fill this time, riverbend has integrated a unique incentive program for the inmates. those on levels a and b are given more privileges, more rec time, jobs in the unit, educational...

In november of 2004. >> when it comes my time, hey, i'm going to lay down and just deal it with, you know? >> while most of the men on death row hope for clemency, there is one inmate who admits his guilt and expects to be executed. >> i was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder, my children. and the sentence is death on each count. it wasn't a question of who did it. there's no doubt. probably an hour and a half after everything happened, i went to the police station of my own volition and made a statement for about an hour. >> in 1997, darrell holtom confessed to shooting his three...

Killed them. i'm not going to sell out. i'm not going to change my views on the death penalty just because i'm facing the death penalty. i do think that death penalty is appropriate in some cases. and i've got a low tolerance for someone that claimed they didn't do something that they actually did. >> darrell is allowed only one hour of recreation time a day and must be escorted in chains and leg irons by two officers. >> any movement outside your cell is valued. the walls sort of limit your field of vision. so you get a sense of the open air, even if it is inside of a cage. >> john johnson ha...