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After decades in prison, Todd Scott, Chad Campbell, and Carlos Rebollo navigate the complex bureaucracy of the parole sy | dG1fZEtMY1JfQUZBNFk
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00:00In here, when you look out the window, I don't know where I'm at.
00:07The last dream I had is about walking out the door.
00:15You've been incarcerated for 24 years.
00:17Can you talk about the obstacles that you had and how you overcame them?
00:23I turned 54 last week.
00:26I'm not the same 19-year-old.
00:29Do I forgive my 14-year-old self?
00:32No.
00:33What I did is not alright.
00:34Life doesn't end here.
00:36You still have a choice on how you want to live your life.
00:40We don't just have a person who wants their freedom.
00:43We have society to protect.
00:47Are we going to incarcerate a young person that commits a brutal crime for as long as
00:51they live?
00:52I'm glad I'm not making those decisions because, you know, they have a tough job.
00:55We put that in the hands of the parole board.
00:57You're not just there to become a better person.
01:00You're there to pay a debt.
01:04Society just doesn't accept that people change.
01:10I know I'm being tough on you, but I need you to believe that what you say matters.
01:16I acknowledged a crime long ago, but facing it is a different thing.
01:24Just to think of him walking out that door, just overwhelming.
01:31Do you think you deserve to be released?
01:33I know I can never redeem myself for what I've done, but it doesn't stop me from chasing
01:37it.
01:38You may start the conversation now.
01:41I just got my decision.
01:43I'll open this thing up and read it.
01:46How do you show that you change?
01:54How do you show that you change?
01:55How do you show that you change?
01:56How do you show that you change?