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Have to find witnesses from the '80s. you still have to find evidence from the '80s. so who is to say whether or not you could secure a conviction. prison overcrowding truly is a huge issue in this country. each year we admit 600,000 people to prisons and jails. this is just a symptom. this is a huge, huge problem. we've got to find a way to deal with it. >> it's a nice wake-up call when you think about a woman like this et going out. and another question, dealing with an additional prosecuion, if that's the only route to keep her behind bars, rodriguez wants to exhume her own baby to find out...

Little girl a third shot. she would later learn that she was injected with a muscle relax about that causes muscle paralysis. it stopped her heart. two years later, in 1984, jones was convicted of infant side and sentenced to 99 years in prison for killing chelsea. plus 60 years for injuring another child who had survived. to this day, she still says she did nothing wrong. >> miss jones, do you have any reaction at all? >> reporter: for chelsea's parents, the verdict was bittersweet. their daughter was gone, but her killer would spend the rest of her life behind bars. at least that's what they...

Did nothing wrong. >> miss jones, do you have any reaction at all? >> leave me alone. >> do you have anything to say? >> leave me alone. >> reporter: for chelsea's parents, the sentence was bittersweet. their daughter was gone but the killer would spend the rest of her life behind bars. at least that's what they thought. genen. jones is scheduled to walk free. she will be automatically released because of an old texas law designed to prevent prison overcrowding. the mandatory release law for suspects convicted of crimes to be automatically released if their good behavior credit equals their se...

Her life behind bars. at least that's what they thought. it turns out genene jones is scheduled to walk free. jones will be automatically released because of an old texas law designed to prevent prison overcrowding. the mandatory release law allows inmates convicted of violent crimes between 1977 and 1987 to be released if their good behavior credit and time served equals their sentence. the law was changed in 1987 to exclude violent criminals, but it isn't retro active. chelsea's mom is desperately trying to find other mothers whose babies that may have also been killed by genene jones. other...

Paralysis. it stopped her heart. two years later, in 1984, jones was convicted of infanticide and was sentenced to 99 years in prison for killing chelsea. plus 60 years for injuring another child who had survived. to this day, she still says she did nothing wrong. >> miss jones, do you have any reaction at all? >> nothing to say. >> reporter: for chelsea's parents, the verdict was bittersweet. their daughter was gone, but her killer would spend the rest of her life behind bars. at least that's what they thought. it turns out genene jones is scheduled to walk free. jones will be automatically r...