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Others, he views his extraction footage on "lockup" clips that appear on msnbc.com. >> when you're down like that, clothes cut off of you, naked as a jaybird, put down on the floor, man, you're at the bottom. it don't get no worse than that. it just don't. i hope when it's all said and done, someday when i'm six feet under, i hope this isn't what defines my life. >> still, the videos have made a definite impression. >> can i get a dollar for every person that views this? i'm just asking. oh, check this out. slagle is really a cyborg from the future. so tasing him won't help. haven't you seen "...

As a matter of fact, i promise i'm going to make it. you guys can always take updates and look on the internet and see slagle is free, i'm doing well. i'm going to make a hell of a grandfather and i'm going to get to know my daughter. boy, she's got that coming. you know what, little girls need their dads. i don't care if she's 20, 30 years old, she still needs my love, man. she's going to have it. i'm not letting her down, you know? all right. this is it. freedom, baby. freedom.

>> oh, man, he started getting choked up. he got all teary-eyed and choked up and he had me getting to choked up. i was like, come on, bro, pull yourself together. you can't be getting emotional in here. >> roy slagle was paroled in october of 2008. after spending nearly 20 years in prison, he is now living with his parents. >> if i wouldn't have got out of prison, i wouldn't have had my family support, i wouldn't have made it a week and i would have been back in prison. because the system ain't going to help you out. that's not going to happen. >> roy is fortunate to have found work. but his ...

>> slagle's first phone call is to his daughter, rayevent. she lives in another part of the state. but that's something slagle hopes to change. >> well, honey, i just want you to know one thing, this is very important to me that you know this, you always have a place with me. always, no matter what, you know what i mean? i'm out now and i love you very much. you're my daughter and emily is my grand daughter and i would love you guys to live with me. you want her to send a picture of me? all right. does this thing take pictures? >> yeah. >> all right. >> now you look like a fruit loop. >> oh, n...

I don't know. >> really? >> i am who i am today because of it. and i don't think i came out too bad. >> no, no -- >> after jumping the hurdles and going through ups and downs, but -- >> now you bounce back. >> yeah. yeah. >> i know we don't know each other that well. but i know i'm going to get to know you. i'm going to make a -- you're going to be a big part of my life, honey, you and emily. >> i just want you to be there. >> i'm going to be there, you know what i mean? >> life is too short. >> it is. >> we waste time. >> i know. >> one week after his reunion with rayven, slagle received horr...