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you can't do no cardio in here unless if you want to be looking retarded. >> working out is just one way byerly deals with the monotony of jail. >> the best thing that happens in my day is going to sleep because then i get a few hours of freedom. my dreams take me to completely different places. i'm always on the streets when i'm dreaming. i'm never locked up. it takes me out of this environment for a good six, seven, eight hours. >> while byerly's dreams offer him a brief reprieve, dennis hall has just made a deal for a far more significant break. >> mr. hall, raise your right hand for me? do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> thank you, sir. >> he's been in louisville metro for two years, facing a potential death sentence but has just reached a plea agreement with prosecutors to spare his life. >> at this point in time, mr. hall would like to withdraw his plea of not guilty. >> instead, he will serve 40 years in prison.
well, our family is going to be getting together that very evening, and i'm not kidding. and we're going to be throwing a dennis-hall-is-dead-and-he's-in- hell party. and that's going to be a day of celebration for the family bishop. so i'd like to thank you for your time. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> i was actually hoping to look dennis hall right in the eyes. and i wanted him to know that i meant every word that i said. let there be no mistake. when men talk, usually we look each other in the eyes. so i wanted to look him in the eyes and let him know how i actually felt. and when the judge told me that i had to address the court, that took a little bit of the satisfaction out of being able to express myself. but i took my best shot because that's the last time he and i are going to see each other or
there's nothing that can take my love from her. that's one thing i do have going for me. nobody can take that love. coming up -- >> ready to go forward on the final sentencing? >> dennis hall faces both the judge and the brother of his victim. and -- >> does the court scare you sometimes? >> sometimes. >> mental health staff tried to break through to antonio coleman. bundle and save big, but now it's time to find my dream abode. -right away, i could tell his priorities were a little unorthodox. -keep going. stop. a little bit down. stop. back up again. is this adequate sunlight for a komodo dragon? -yeah. -sure, i want that discount on car insurance just for owning a home, but i'm not compromising. -you're taking a shower? -water pressure's crucial, scott! it's like they say -- location, location, koi pond. -they don't say that. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job
sentenced inmates arrive from jails all over the state, jail inmates come from a much smaller region. they often know each other or staff from the streets. dennis hall has an especially uneasy acquaintance with officer chad bishop. hall murdered his brother. and today must appear in court for his formal sentencing. >> we are on the record in the case of kentucky versus dennis m. hall. ready to go forward on the final sentencing? >> judge, we are. we had passed this case briefly to allow the victim's family the opportunity to be present for final sentencing. folks, i'm happy to hear from whoever would like to be heard. i will tell you the only rule is that you have to address me personally. this is not a chance to talk to mr. hall. it's a chance to talk about mr. hall. but you're to address me and not speak to him directly. it's hard, but that's the way it's got to be. okay?
happened. i never planned for this to be a part of my life. i still have feelings for him but i'm going to try for the rest of my life to worry about me. >> we can remember the good times, because we can't be together no more. just remember each other. i never had no one love me like heather. she has a soft heart and i love her. i always will. coming up, dennis hall goes back to court again. but this time, to hear from the brother of his victim. >> i had a lot of sleepless nights, wrestling with the decision of whether or not to allow the state to take its course or for me to do the job myself. cident - no big deal, right? wrong. your insurance company is gonna raise your rate after the other car got a scratch so small you coulda fixed it with a pen. maybe you should take that pen and use it
>> yes. >> okay. >> yes. >> all right. and then that's all we need. >> so i stay in this room right here, don't get out, get nothing. >> you get an hour out a day. but i'm going to tell you right now, if you continue all this yelling and screaming, you're not coming out. that's all going to be on you. if you want to come out, you need to behave. >> okay. >> all right. usually, if you can talk calm to them and just keep talking, and i'm very monotone when i talk to them, and i just keep repeating the same thing, they eventually -- it gets through their chaotic behavior. >> lohden's future is uncertain. it will be up to a judge to decide if she can return to home incarceration or serve her six to 12-month sentence in jail. uncertainty marks the lives of most inmates here. but the stakes for dennis hall are considerably higher. he's already served 14 years for sexual assault. now, he's charged with murder. >> i killed an innocent man. i can't believe i did it, but i guess anybody can be a killer.
today. we are loving it. this is -- okay, if i get another elbow to the head, i'm going to start throwing bowls, okay. >> over the last year and a half, lohden has been in and out of louisville metro 11 times. all of her offenses were routed in an addiction to pain pills. >> that was my downfall. i let it control my life. and to me it ain't that lost everything. it's that i gave it up. you know, gave it all up. first i gave my home up and then i gave my car up and then eventually i gave my kids up because the drugs took over my life. i want to get a good job, stay clean and sober, definitely. get my kids, get home and live happily ever after after that, you know? >> a happily ever after ending is not likely in the future for dennis hall. these days he does little more than ponder the sentence coming his way and think about his girlfriend and co-defendant, heather baringer. >> reunite us with our children and our family, lord, in the
name of jesus. hallelujah. whoo! praise god. give me a hug. >> and even though the couple is only living about 500 feet away from each other, their lives couldn't be further apart. >> i cry now and then. you know, i get heather on my mind or i'll get one of her letters out and read it. i gaze out of the window and look up at the moon. i play the waiting game and pray you'll be here soon. heather, little snookums, she's a hard one to describe. i've never had so much love pointing to me. >> dennis actually drew this once for me. like a motorcycle wing. he calls me snookums. that's what i used to call him. when i first met him, he had
byerly deals with the monotony of jail. >> the best thing that happens in my day is going to sleep because then i get a few hours of freedom. my dreams take me to completely different places. i'm always on the streets when i'm dreaming. i'm never locked up. it takes me out of this environment for a good six, seven, eight hours. >> while byerly's dreams offer him a brief reprieve, dennis hall has just made a deal for a far more significant break. >> mr. hall, raise your right hand for me? do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> thank you, sir. >> he's been in louisville metro for two years, facing a potential death sentence but has just reached a plea agreement with prosecutors to spare his life. >> at this point in time, mr. hall would like to withdraw his plea of not guilty. >> instead, he will serve 40 years in prison. >> i may die there. 40 years is a long time. it's basically a lifetime.
we are loving it. this is -- okay, if i get another elbow to the head, i'm going to start throwing bowls, okay. >> over the last year and a half, lohden has been in and out of louisville metro 11 times. all of her offenses were routed in an addiction to pain pills. >> that was my downfall. i let it control my life. and to me it ain't that lost everything. it's that i gave it up. you know, gave it all up. first i gave my home up and then i gave my car up and then eventually i gave my kids up because the drugs took over my life. i want to get a good job, stay clean and sober, definitely. get my kids, get home and live happily ever after after that, you know? >> a happily ever after ending is not likely in the future for dennis hall. these days he does little more than ponder the sentence coming his way and think about his girlfriend and co-defendant, heather baringer. >> reunite us with our children and our family, lord, in the