Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120609:23:19:00
Bad family, you know. father was alcoholic. used to beat my mom. he ran out on us. i grew up around a lot of gangs. it was just a 15-year-old kid trying to find an identity. didn't have one. i got caught up doing that stuff. skipping school. hanging out. doing stuff like that that gang members do, thugs do, whatever you want to call it. i ended up killing somebody. i was at some girl's house and i seen somebody walking by. we had a confrontation. and it resulted in me shooting him. i was 15 when i committed the crime. at 16 i pled guilty to second degree murder for 15-to-life plea bargain. tha...