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Not directly involved. >> i don't know what's going on. i went to court and they brought me my charges and they brought me here. >> robert leonardis shot at hackensack police officers. >> his new cell mate, james yor george, has advice for him. >> do not go to that courtroom. go to that little library. i need to read up on this. i need to find any loopholes in my case. i. ed to know what's going on. the inmate advocate for the bergen's sheriff's offi sheriff.

They'll try to stick at each and every one of you of the most charges possible. >> they got to prove that charge, they got the burden of proof. i know it is a waiting game. and the days dragging in here and times wait for no one. in here it drags. go you got to man up now and hold your own. don't break and stay strong, okay? >> it pisses me off, we are being held accountable for leonardis' action. >> new jersey's law is law. >> if i am guilty, i am guilty, i am taking the best deal that they can give me. >> i have open wounds. >> robert leonardis speaks out.

Being shot. >> i didn't want to live before. i didn't want to be here. i didn't like here. here was not a good place for me. i was overwhelmed with a lot of things going on in my life. but now i don't feel that way. i'm just happy that i'm alive. just when you get shot so many times and see your life in front of you, you appreciate your life more. i appreciate my life a lot more now. it's something -- i don't know. something spiritually must have happened the day i got shot. >> leonardis agreed to be interviewed only in the presence of his attorney, lenny basile. >> what kind of time are you

She was sick, maybe chemotherapy. interesting. i'll have to ask her about that. >> classification is an ongoing process at the jail as new inmates arrive every day. today they include jerry nunez on the left and shawn stark on the right. arrested within hours of each other. they have been connected to a shootout with hackensack police two days earlier. >> investigators are trying to figure out what prompted a man to start shooting at police in hakkensack. officers say the man was walking with a gun and opened fire on a cop car barely missing the officer inside. the shots caused another patrol ...

Facing with these charges? >> i'd rather address that. his case is not indicted yet. it's purely under investigation by the prosecutor's office. the legal process hasn't gone forward with the normal speed due to the injuries. >> why did you take this case, vinnie? it's going to be a tough case. >> i've had many difficult cases through the years but there was something about it. i knew he was a troubled young man, had not led an exemplary life but i know his family. he's a fortunate young man for a wonderful family. there was never a question to as to whether to take the case or not, as difficu...