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The more information on the case, and at that point i thought it was a case that was worthy to bring to president. so i brought it to president, and i shared with him the pros and the cons. i explained to him the crime and what had, what had happened at the time, but then i also shared her extraordinary track record in prison. he was very touched by the fact that she had a letter from the ward recommending that she -- warden recommending that she be considered for clemency and also the fact that she was such a good mentor to so many of the inmates. ainsley: we hear a lot about criminal justice...

To give you clemency, right? >> the first time that i applied for clemency, i was denied in 2011. i applied again, i was denied in 2013. and then the clemency initiative came, the clemency project 2014. there was a list of criteria. i knew that not only did i meet that criteria, but i exceeded that criteria. so hope is around everywhere like electricity. my family, my sisters go to white house, they do a candlelight vigil with my big petition with all of these suggests, and they're praying -- signatures, and they're praying. i'm selected to be one of the six prisoners in an ad campaign for sma...

When i arrived in the prison, one of the things that i saw was i saw hopelessness in the faces of women. well, i wasn't hopeless. and i think that drew people to me too, to know that i had a life sentence, but i'm not hopeless. as i started writing plays and getting women involved in acting, in dancing, i was in the choir, and it wasn't fake for me. i was, i was not happy to be in prison, i was happy to be alive, i was happy to see what i could do for other people, that i could e help them change their lives too. ainsley: did so many lives get changed? do you feel like god used you in prison? ...

Department of justice, we got the more information on the case, and at that point i thought it was a case that was worthy to bring to president. so i brought it to president, and i shared with him the pros and the cons. i explained to him the crime and what had, what had happened at the time, but then i also shared her extraordinary track record in prison. he was very touched by the fact that she had a letter from the ward recommending that she -- warden recommending that she be considered for clemency and also the fact that she was such a good mentor to so many of the inmates. ainsley: we hea...

speaking out on controversial pardons, former mississippi governor, haley barbour defends his position to pardon 200 people. a convicted murderer who says he deserves to be free. it is almost there. two ships just off the coast of nome, alaska to bring precious fuel. we have been keeping an eye on a rescue operation taking place off the western coast of italy this morning. here is the emergency. a crowded cruise ship that is tipped over on its side. there are 4,000 passengers and crew on board. we are hearing as many as 70 people are still missing. a journalist is at the port where...