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For people who served prison time, the unemployment rate is 60% from the time of their release until four years later.

In criminal justice. and pursuing a doctorate in washington state university only about seven miles away from the university of idaho. >> he has to appreciate the seriousness what's happening right now. >> absolutely. he is very intelligent. in my hour conversation with him that comes off. ip can tell that. and he understands where we are right now. >> reporter: while at college at desales, kohberger asked ex-cons to participate in a study on crime. this study seeks to understand the story behind your most recent criminal offense with emphasis on your thoughts and feelings throughout your expe...

Seriousness of what is happening right now. >> oh, absolutely. he is very intelligence. in my hour conversation with him that comes off. i can tell that. he understands where we are now. >> reporter: while at college at desales, kohberger asked ex-cons to tell about their crime. >> this person that had been grading my papers was allegedly in this horrible murder. >> reporter: kohberger was working as a teaching assistant in washington and one student says his demeanor and strict grading changed after the murders. >> he started grades everybody 100s and now he seems like he

University of idaho. he has to prappreciate the seriousness of what is happening. >> absolutely, he is very intelligent, i can tell that. and he understands where we are right now. >> reporter: while in college at desales, kohberger asked ex-cons to participate in a study. this study seeks to understand the story behind your most recent criminal offense, with emphasis on your thoughts and feelings throughout your experience, he wrote on an online message board. >> this person that had been grading my papers was allegedly this, like, horrible murderer. >> reporter: kohberger was working as a te...

About the fact that he was studying for a phd in criminology at washington state university. he said he wanted to be a professor and he was specifically interested in the behavioral part of criminology, not procedural. what does all of that tell you? >> there's this old axiom that there's a fine line between genius and insanity. we do see this as times when people become so obsessed with their mode of study, in this particular case criminology. and i have had some students who have inpencyclopedic knowledge. he did this study seven months ago in which he add on reddit a survey, ex-cons about t...