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Because they were scared of me and they weren't my friends. i just walked away from people and started doing my own time. and then i started researching and reading. i read the word. when i get up in the morning, i put my feet on the floor here, i talk to him in prayer. and so when i leave the door, i just focus on what i can do with other people. >> robb is a chaplain's aide. he attends services as often as five days a week. changed man or not, officers must assume any inmate has the potential of having a weapon. they can't risk a shank making it inside. for this reason, everyone is patted do...

Grown men at that time who were enemies. the attention i got from family was only when i did something mean and violent, which showed me those were the right things to do. >> good job, good job. >> thank you. i appreciate your sharing -- >> robb is normally secretive. opening up about his past is a big step. >> i think that this was kind of a new experience for him, to be able to talk openly and feel safe in doing that. there's a little more work for him in not compartmentalizing it, sitting with it, and owning it and feeling it and not being afraid to be there. >> even though the counselors b...

Then after i killed him, i didn't really care. >> what were his last words? >> finish me. >> john robb was sentenced to 27 years to life for first degree murder. nearly 30 years later, he is still coming to terms with the pain his violent crime has caused. >> sometimes when we think about things, we come back to the reality of the crime. and it takes time because your mind wants to put certain things away. i never really thought the ramifications and all the victims involved. then when i finally realized all that, there's a lot of damage. and then i felt ashamed. i'm not sorry i came to prison...

Robb didn't ignore. >> he was angry. and then when he laughed, he says, "well, i know where your sister lives." and later, the final moments of robb's brutal crimes are revealed. >> i was so angry at him, at the whole situation. and i says, "i'm the last living face you're ever going to see. see what you got me into now?" and then i killed him. this one's for all us lawn smiths. grass gurus. doers. here's to more saturdays in the sun. and budgets better spent. here's to turning rookies into experts, and shoppers into savers. here's to picking up. trading up. mixing it up. to well-earned mudd...

Had resigned himself to a life of confinement. but salvation came in the form of a visitor. >> i was in north block in san quentin. i was in confinement. and i had been in that for a number of years. and i had a visit four different times from the same man. he first came to talk to me about jesus and i didn't want to hear it. i started listening to him, 'cause i figured if i listened to him, he'd probably leave me alone. well, as i listened to him, it touched my heart. and i've been on a journey since then. they can lock this body up but my mind and my heart is free and has been free for a lon...