nationality, of the individual promoting it. i can see why you like him so much, mr. president. after all, steven miller is behind many of your greatest hits in cruel immigration policy. perhaps most infamously your zero tolerance border policy that has ripped thousands of immigrant and refugee children from the arms of their parents. indeed, miller s hatred and hypocrisy is so overwhelming that his own family has resorted to writing editorials to condemn him. miller s uncle described feelings of, quote, dismay and increasing horror at miller s support of bash rouse and archaic immigration policy that would have meant almost certain death for his own ancestors. but of course that makes him a perfect fit for your administration, mr. president. after all, a prominent historian has described you as the most racist president since andrew
she takes care of me. she helps me, you know, keep my spirits up and keep a smile on my face. you know, she puts money on my books to help me. that way can i just, you know, not go without, you know? these are the cards my girl sent me. every time she sent me one, i read it and put it up along here, just get to look at them all the time. that way i know somebody s thinking about me and somebody loves me. we were interested to meet the woman who fell in love with miller and a short time later, we would, when deanna turner was booked into the jail herself. you started writing to him? when he was incarcerated for this current charge? yes. nobody would talk to him because of his charges. i knew he was pretty much alone. so i started writing to him and he was writing back. i don t know, we just kind of fell in love like instantly. ain t nothing going to happen with that relationship. that s my baby.
basically, that s what it is. ryan was a big guy. a really big guy. he was very pleasant with us. always kind of smiling. there was a softness about him, despite his large frame. how long did it take you to get all that? how much time? probably a few weeks, total. all of it? about three weeks, all of it. miller was facing serious charges, including aggravated murder, robbery, and offenses against a human corpse. despite his not guilty plea, he spoke openly about the grisly manner in which he took another man s life. the second he told me that a hammer was used as the murder weapon, i thought, wow, this is going to be an interesting story. miller says he acted in self-defense when he and a friend got into an argument over money. he swung on me and then we just got to fighting. picked up a hammer and hit him about six times in the head. and i didn t really feel or
she was back in jail for violating probation on prior convictions of forgery, attempted aggravated theft, and receiving stolen property. she turned herself into police at miller s urging. he kept telling me, you can t come see me if you have a warrant. he kept telling me, you know, you need to go and get it taken care of. it s nothing, just go and do it, go and do it. and it took him about two weeks to talk me into it. and i finally agreed. i came and saw him one last time, and i turned myself in after the visit. if it wasn t for ryan, i would not be sitting in jail. i would be running. i would not have turned myself in and i would not have stopped using, but i did it for him. for ryan. turner was eligible for up to 18 months in state prison for violating probation. if found guilty, miller is facing the prospect of life in prison. but he still held out hope for the relationship. came this far with me.
it s driving me nuts. ryan miller was later found guilty and sentenced to 37 years to life. deanna turner returned to prison for seven months for her probation violation and was then released. 2 1/2 years after our final shoot with turner, she was out of prison and told us her relationship with miller was continuing and that they planned to marry. coming up yeah, nobody understands nobody. whatever. and they never will. and that s okay. the woman who made a special connection with david goodell. and the dog who made a special connection with our production team. liberty mutual stood with me