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So i'm sure the cat for mr. wisehart is helping him as he grows older on death row. >> she's like my connection to humanity. you know, to kindness and love. when she jumps up on my bed, i'm stroking her and she turns her chin up to me and puts her nose in my face. i don't get that from anyone else. she's the only one who does that for me. say hi to your fans
>> do you think noops has any idea that she's in prison? >> i know that she's aware that she's in a place with a lot of loud noises. she's kinds of skittish sometimes. i didn't know if i wanted to bring a cat into a place like this where she'll have to be restrained. the cat wants to run and wander and explore, and she can't really do that that much here. but i think she knows that i love her and so it's a trade-off, i guess. >> how's the cat? >> good. >> is she shy? >> shy. >> prison warden ed buss told us why he felt the feline adoption program was beneficial for inmates like wisehart. >> se...
To see, talk to every one of them, gauge how they're doing from week to week. and on death row that's really important. >> how's the cat? >> good. >> is she shy? >> to help inmates cope with their heavy sentences, superintendent buss approved a feline adoption program. >> everything in your cell working? >> yes. >> okay. >> i was chosen to adopt and i got one the day after i asked to be put in the program. >> convicted of murder in 1982 mark wisehart has been on death row for 23 years. >> 23 years ago, i thought -- i thought i was going to be dead before five years was up. and instead i've wat...
>> do you think noops has any idea that she's in prison? >> i know that she's aware that she's in a place with a lot of loud noises. she's kinds of skittish sometimes. i didn't know if i wanted to bring a cat into a place like this where she'll have to be restrained. the cat wants to run and wander and explore, and she can't really do that that much here. but i think she knows that i love her and so it's a trade-off, i guess. >> how's the cat? >> good. >> is she shy? >> shy. >> prison warden ed buss told us why he felt the feline adoption program was beneficial for inmates like wisehart. >> se...
>> we met mark wisehart during his 23rd year on death row at indiana state prison. >> have you done interviews before like this? like tv interviews? >> not like this. i did one last year. >> how did that one go? >> not well. i sounded like a moron. >> at age 20, wisehart was convicted of killing a 65-year-old woman who had volunteered at the homeless shelter where he was living. in his confession to police, he admitted to stabbing her 26 times during the robbery. >> when they sentenced me to death 23 years ago, i thought i was going to be dead before the four or five years was up. that didn't ...