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You know, we know it's in the news and everything. in the elections are coming up, but i think seeing somebody like michael and hearing his story is, it helps people access kind of this issue a little bit easier. now we're doing that weird tv thing where we talk about you while you're here. but that's that also goes to kyle which is why does it matter to take some that, we talked about this in politics. we talked about this in numbers. sure. why did it matter to you to tell the story as haley was saying through a person? because this is all people is all people in the system. yeah, well, i thi...

Being able to kind of tell this and work with michael and hailey and the nonprofit last prisoner project that are doing this amazing work around nonviolent, you know, offenders and when it comes to cannabis and you know, so being able to kind of, you know, it's a, it's a privilege, you know, and also a duty to kind of, you know, be able to get michael up platform because again, a lot of people don't have that platform. so we just tried to you know, do it in the most, you know, honest and authentic way. well, as his known msnbc partnered here to present this, but as a journalist and a lawyer, i...

And his family with this ongoing incarceration. - my father has grandchildren that he has not met. he even has great grandchildren he has not met. and i just want to bring him home with me. we could build a relationship, and get our life back on track like we used to have. he would give anyone a shirt off his back. he has a very good sense of humor. - mr. thompson has always been a great person, entrepreneur. he has so many friends in the community waiting for his release. - michael has demonstrated a lasting positive effect on those around him. - today, i ask for a measurement of mercy and ju...

- yeah. - i'm gonna try and schedule a call with michael. i was just hoping we had something to give him, but sounds like■ - i know. i wish. i wish. well, give him my best. i'm really■ we'll keep pushing. - okay. thanks, katerina. - sure. take care. - talk to you soon. bye. - bye-bye. [call ends] [vacuum whooshing] - the facts are someone came to michael's house, discussed purchasing marijuana. he went to another house, got that marijuana, and then delivered it to the confidential informant. and they used the marijuana sale to search his house for the guns. at no point was a gun referenced...

And that's what got you through. yeah. like i said, i don't know you, but i appreciate meeting you and you telling your story here. hayley, your thoughts. thank you for having us. and i'm just really happy to be seeing this day with michael. our whole goal is just to put a face to all of the numbers. like there's michael knows them. there's tons of other people that are in just like him. and we just wanted to use the film to kind of bring the humanity to the story because, you know, we know it's in the news and everything. in the elections are coming up, but i think seeing somebody like michae...