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With a double edge and it was tempered because it left no fingerprints. i waited like three days and when the line came down, that morning, i fished it in, took the blue bag off and i got the spear shaft from that off the fishing line and i waited. sergeant burchfield approached my cell with flashlight and he saw me standing there, he asked if i needed a light for my cigarette. i had a camel in my mouth. that's when he turned. when he turned into the cell, i hit him. i stabbed him, speared him one time. he turned around, grabbed his whistle, started blowing it. dropped his flashlight and start...

>> i followed orders, i was a foot soldier following orders. it was either him or men a chose him. it was simple as that. it's prison politics. >> i think they did it because they seized the opportunity and he was there. he was the senior staff member. >> sergeant burchfield was targeted because he was too damn nice. he cared. and because of that caring, he was monitored. >> they didn't care that he had a family. they knew. i've been curious all these years if they're sore for what they did. they haven't come out and said we're sorry for any pain we may have inflicted on you or your family. >>...

I guess i want to know why, why hal? >> i followed orders, i was a foot soldier following orders. it was either him or men a chose him. it was simple as that. it's prison politics. >> i think they did it because they seized the opportunity and he was there. he was the senior staff member. >> sergeant burchfield was targeted because he was too damn nice. he cared. and because of that caring, he was monitored. >> they didn't care that he had a family. they knew. i've been curious all these years if they're sore for what they did. they haven't come out and said we're sorry for any pain we may hav...

The shu for murdering an officer in san quentin in 1985. my reputation was a took care of business, when things need to be it was done. >> acting on orders from his gang, the black guerrilla family. >> i was given my orders on june 5, june 8, excuse me, that i was to assault sergeant burchfield, who had been monitored. >> my husband was howell dean burchfield. he was known has hal or h.d. he was a very jovial, fun-loving guy. >> when i received the orders, anxiety hit me first because this is a serious thing and i had 16 months to go home. is it life or his life? and that's what is going on in...

It was either him or me and i chose him. it was simple as that. it's prison politics. >> i think they did it because they seized the opportunity and he was there. he was the senior staff member. >> sergeant burchfield was targeted because he was too damn nice. he cared. and because of that caring, he was monitored. >> they didn't care that he had a family. they knew. i've been curious all these years if they're sorry for what they did. they haven't come out and said we're sorry for any pain we may have inflicted on you or your family. >> if i could take that back to sacrifice myself knowing th...