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Got me. >> though pastor tina predicted the dismissal of dean's earlier murder charge, she is less certain this time. >> marquel's on another journey. but this time he's going to set a minute because he didn't get it right the last time. >> dean says he's innocent this time as well, but he would never identify the real killer, even if he knew who it was. though he says he has shed gang life, he still cannot violate the long-standing code against snitching. pastor tina preaches that's a code whose time is up. >> i want to talk to you about that. because y'all got that thing in here that you not...

Inside the sedgwick county jail, housing units occupied predominantly by gang members are often hotbeds for sudden violence. but marquel dean is considered to be one of wichita's most notorious gang members. he says that's all in the past and his unit has been downright amiable. >> i got hot chili and cheese over there cooking on the hotpot. throw that all on here. >> dean combines snacks purchased from the jail commissary to make a platter of nachos. >> so you crunch them down, like a powder? >> no, they just in big chunks, so i crunch them down smaller. >> i love food, i eat a lot of food. b...

Sentencing law. he doesn't believe his disciplinary record in jail should affect the outcome. >> i mean, fighting doesn't mean i'm going to kill somebody. there's a big difference between one and the other. i would think. >> coming up -- >> i see you got some ink on your stomach. can i see it? >> deputies take a hard look at rogelio soto. >> you take him downstairs. >> and -- >> y'all got this thing in here that you not going to snitch on nobody. >> the pastor hits a nerve with marquel dean. wn the system. my password? yes, sir, we need your password. the password that i use? yes, sir, your pa...

>> i prayed for him, i laid hands on him, and the spirit of the lord said you will not do the time they're trying to give you. and service went on as usual. he prayed, cried, the whole nine yards and then several months later, he got released. god let him go. >> she got a word from god that i was going to go home. i was sitting here not knowing if i was ever going home. that case got threw out and i went home. >> if you stand up profess you belong to god, and go out the doors away from god, i guarantee you i'll see you back. because the devil will do everything he can to bring you back into bo...

>> whoever come up to me, c-3, no, i'm not c-3 no more. i'm marquel. >> dean regularly attends church services in the chapel. >> marquel, i've known him for quite a while. pretty wild kid. addicted to gang banging. when i saw him, i knew he was a preacher. i knew he was from the first time i saw him. even as bad as he was, what he was in there for. i believe got's going to give him favor. >> dean's past is very much a part of his present and could haunt him for the rest of his life. two years earlier, dean was on the wichita pd's ten most wanted gang members list. at the time, he was an active...