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To 2002. and then again five years to 200 2007. >> [ inaudible ] >> after what i know about the state of alabama, i don't know. >> i got to the point where i don't trust people. i don't trust the law. i don't trust anybody. >> i'll probably never live to get out of here. i don't know. i'm just going to go in there and hand them the paper and answer his questions. and kind of like playing florida lottery. you just pick a number and wait. >> prior to parole hearings, the board sends a representative to conduct a pre-interview in order to prepare a recommendation on whether or not the inmate shou...

It's often said that prisons are like cities behind walls. if that metaphor were applied to alabama's holeman correctional facility, robert tatter's home would be six feet long by three feet wide. >> this is home. bed to bed right here. each one of these beds is like having a house in a subdivision out there on the street, only no wall, no doors, no privacy. so you just kind of ignore what's going on next door to you. >> after 20 years of incarceration, 17 of them served at holman, tedder has developed an appreciation for simple routines. >> cup of coffee first thing. cup of coffee and a cigar...

And dealing with children, and i wouldn't even speculate what his chances are. i mean, i know what's stacked up against him. >> all right, robert. good luck to you. and i hope it works the way you want it. >> okay. i appreciate it. >> good luck. okay. >> the parole hearing for robert was interesting in that robert believed every time he might have a chance. he felt very hopeful. he had been turned down many times before, so he obviously carried that realism with him. but i think that there was a piece of him that thought maybe this could be the time i get set free. >> so what are your thoughts...

Holiday here. there's no christmas. there's no tree. every day is the same. when you get up it's the same people, the same thing, the same rat race. and there's no relaxation. >> at the time of our shoot, tedder still had ten years left on a 30-year sentence for some very serious convictions. they include sodomy, public exposure, and enticement of a child. >> robert was one of those inmates who was adamant that he was falsely accused, falsely convicted. >> ever since his 1984 conviction, tedder has said his charges were trumped up in order to run him out of town. >> i found out a bunch of peop...