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The respect. when our crew arrived they were warned, the tough et inmate here might just be james t-bone taylor serving a double life sentence for murdering two police officers in 1981. >> i had a cop killer case, it made me feel like i was big man on campus because i was getting the respect but it was only out of fear, it wasn't they respect me because who i was. >> taylor was related in gang related activity on both sides of the wall since a teenager. he herned his nickname t-bone while serving time at another prison. >> because it happened in ft. madison in the '70s, it was hard to get a kn...

Guys in the penitentiary just started calling me t-bone. >> but it was taylor's desire to rise to the top of the gang hierarchy on the outside that led him to commit the cold-blooded murders for which he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. it happened at a raucous water in waterloo, iowa. when police tried to shut it down he grabbed one of the police officer's pistols. >> i shot the man three times, right. everybody broke and run and the other police, he was still down, right so i ran over there and then i shot him three times. it wasn't cause i was on no drugs or no alcohol. you know...

James "t-bone" taylor was one of the most respected inmates among inmates at iowa's anamosa state penitentiary. not for doing good but being a two-time cop killer but when one of the victim's sister for gave him, he inspired a group called s.a.v.e., seriously acknowledging victims' emotions. >> this group is like after-care. you know, it get guys chance enough to come and sit down and find out why they have behaviors that they have. >> our cameras rolled as inmates involved in the program met with families of victims. ' >> our past action implied we had no regard for human life. today we know ...

Made me the big dog, she just took all that from me, you know what i mean. she took all that from me. she made me real humble, you know what i mean and i'm saying we hugged when she left. you know, i killed this woman's brother and people don't do that. people don't just do that. >> taylor found it hard to shrug off the emotions stirred up by the visit. >> because i was brought up that if you murder, people are going to get over it. you know i was a hardened person and i'm saying now that i see a whole different side of me, this is how it go, man. people don't forget. people don't forgive all ...

Took all that from me, you know what i mean. she made me real humble, you know what i mean? and i'm saying we hugged. when she left, knowing i killed this woman's brother and people don't do that, right. people don't just do that. >> taylor found it hard to shrug off the emotions stirred up by the visit. >> because i was brought up if you murder people will get ov. i was a hard and violent person. but now that i see a whole different side of me, this is how it go. people don't forget, people don't forgive all the time. and you have to live with this your whole life. >> coming up. >> we not loo...