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Patton had previously released a statement saying their client was looking forward to her day in court because mrs. couch had not violated any state laws in texas. meantime, her son ethan remained in a detention facility outside of mexico city tonight where he continues to fight his deportation from mexico to the united states, greta. >> casey, thank you. and just about everyone has anmç opinion about stephen avery. he spent 18 years in the slammer and then released because he never committed the crime he was in prison for, rape. now he is convicted of murder. some say police framed him in th...

Regulations, mail violations, disrespect to officials, refusing to work, fighting, telephone violations, tampering with safety devices, participating in disturbances, assault or attempted assault on staff. yes, ma'am, mr. troy wagner has a quite lengthy disciplinary history. >> wagner says his latest outburst was prompted by his desire to be moved to another housing unit. he says other inmates were harassing him because he is a sex offender. >> the best thing is to keep it to yourself and not tell somebody what you're in prison for, because you tell people what you're in prison for, then they ...

There that government has created that have led to this dramatic increase in our prison population? >> yeah. that's a pretty fundamental question, lawrence. if we go back to the early 1970s, our prisons held about 100,000 people on any given day that were locked up. that was 0.1 of 1% of the population were locked up back in the 1970s. these days if we look at the prison population, it's about 500 per 100,000. so we're five times larger than we were 40 years ago or so. and this has largely been driven by tougher sentencing policy, longer sentences. people are going to prison for, particularly ...

The old fashioned idea and real idea about kids falling under some bad influences. what are the larger dynamics out there that government has created that have led to this dra ma'matic increase in our pr population? >> yeah. that's a pretty fundamental question, lawrence. if we go back to the early 1970s, our prisons held about 100,000 people on any given day that were locked up. that was 0.1 of 1% of the population were locked up back in the 1970s. these days if we look at the prison population, it's about 500 per 100,000. so we're five times larger than we were 40 years ago or so. and this h...

>> i think it's a line you have to walk down. i think there is some value in saying this is the reality of it. here it is. it's in your face. >> this is the discussion going on in the newsrooms this week. thank you for having it. frank and bill, stick around. we'll come back to you later in the hour. an update on a couple other stories. these are stories that, like the tragic events in virginia, remind us of the risk journalists face every day. in cairo, egypt yesterday, three journalists were threatened to prison for, quote, spreading false news. everyone was outraged after they were led aw...