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Darts one day and ed espinoza, the foreman for mike keenan, came in and threw out a general question. who needs a job? and he hired me as a landscaper plus home repair work. i started work the next day, september 1st. september 26th, i'm sitting in jail. >> in contrast to joe's story, neil discovered that the man who put joe on death row, eddie espinoza, had a very checkered past. >> eddie espinoza was someone who, in court, admitted that he was an alcoholic. also a drug abuser, a welfare cheat, he was someone who was known to drink a 12-pack of beer, would follow that up with snorting cocaine...

Of two private juvenile detention centers. now, by the time the judges were caught, their juvenile incarceration rate was more than double the rate of the entire state of pennsylvania. both judges have been convicted and serving time. the film chronicles the experiences of six of the thousands of children and families who were impacted by the harsh sentences doled out by the foreman pennsylvania judges. many of the children were given overly harsh sentences, some spending years in detention centers that were more like adult prisons. it's but one community where zero tolerance policies and bias...

Asking the child did someone touch you, where did they up touch you, isn't it true they touched you, it can backfire in court. i'm not saying backfiring the person is guilt ye and the child caused it not guilty. you have to be careful when you have the word of a youngster to really investigate and to get that child alone and not lead them and find out if, in fact, somebody else is trying to put something in their head. >> larry: scott, you announced it shall -- go ahead, quickly. >> i was just going to say real quickly that,' exact -- their biggest problem was here is that's exactly what happe...

Court. i'm not saying backfiring the person is guilt ye and the child caused it not guilty. you have to be careful when you have the word of a youngster to really investigate and to get that child alone and not lead them and find out if, in fact, somebody else is trying to put something in their head. >> larry: scott, you announced it shall -- go ahead, quickly. >> i was just going to say real quickly that,' exact -- their biggest problem was here is that's exactly what happened. parental leading, inexperienced or poor detective work. it was, it was a mess from the beginning to the end, to the...