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Worried about what's happened. but they don't know what happened. >> but a break in the case came from the confession of an inmate involved in the murder. >> he saw an opportunity for himself, serving a life sentence. turned everybody in. because of my lack of knowledge and planning of the crime, and my age, the judge overturned my death penalty and sentenced me to life in prison without the chance of pa row, which means i don't go to board. i'm just here. >> hal was 36 when he was murdered. he was just doing his job. he was doing what it takes to protect society from that element in prison. i...

Easier banking. every step of the way. san quentin is home to the only operating execution chamber in california. and a condemned row that houses the highest level inmates in the state. >> as of today, we have 644 inmates on death row. and 622 of them are currently housed at san quentin. the other 22 are either out to court or seeking medical attention somewhere possibly in federal jurisdiction outside of the state. >> san quentin's condemned row houses california's most heinous criminals such as the night -- 1980s night stalker richard ramirez, the man who killed

It's an open environment. >> gentlemen. >> there's right now, i have six staff members. >> [ bleep ]. >> this is life. >> yeah, you're doing a good job of it too, huh? >> breaking all my rights. >> the another day on the job. >> almost all the individuals down here are parole violators, they've been out on pa row, couldn't hack it. got picked up for something, they sent them back in here, they generally do six months, a year. something of that nature. they go main line to another institution to do their time or released back out on parole. prison system severely overcrowded. beds are at a prem...

Pickup that we are heading -- pickup, that we are heading in the right decks. jenna: now that jenna has told me the recession is officially over i think i'll run out and buy a house. >> reporter: that would help. jon: what is the issue "the new york times" has every ad blitz story. >> reporter: it's fascinating. late last night i was one of the reporters that got tpa row sus push back there the white house, this motorcycle peace saying the democrats were considering running an ad campaign saying the republican party had been taken over by the tea party. they said it was a hundred percent not t...