here looking for pity because we're not looking for pity. what we're looking for is an understanding that we know we did wrong. >> well, it affects me in a sense because i know that the impact in these later years what i done and i don't do this to think i'm getting out of the penitentiary because i'm not but it give me a sense of understanding. it give me a sense of responsibility for my own actions. >> the day was especially personal for one other inmate, as well. >> i been in for nearly 20 years. a victim's mom and stepdad are here. vicki and greg, i want to thank them very much for coming. >> mark smith murdered his girlfriend jenny crompton when he was just 18 years old. through the program, he was first confronted by his victim's mother and stepfather several years earlier. >> i was a mess. jenny had been gone eight years and i was still barely functioning. and i was full of anger and i was full of pain.