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for first-degree murder. dog, you are certainly proof you can turn a life around. did prison help you in any way? yes, sir. hi, larry. prison helped me all the way. i mean, i did not like it back in the 70s. texas was the only self-sufficient prison. that meant we had to raise our food, get up in the morning and work. and it was terrible. i did not want there was no crime that was fun enough to equal the punishment of prison. there just wasn t any. so yes larry: so the system itself rehabilitated you? the system itself rehabilitated me, because i hated you know, when i hit the texas penitentiary, i was 22 years old, and the first thing they told me is there s no rehabilitation here, dog. you re here to be punished. and you re going to work. and for 18 months i was punished. larry: judge, what do you make of that? because they say punishment in and of itself doesn t work.
food, get up in the morning and work. and it was terrible. i did not want there was no crime that was fun enough to equal the punishment of prison. there just wasn t any. so yes larry: so the system itself rehabilitated you? the system itself rehabilitated me, because i hated you know, when i hit the texas penitentiary, i was 22 years old, and the first thing they told me is there s no rehabilitation here, dog. you re here to be punished. and you re going to work. and for 18 months i was punished. larry: judge, what do you make of that? because they say punishment in and of itself doesn t work. dog says in his case, it worked. well, fear when punishment is involved certainly is a deterrent. but being convicted and sentenced should achieve three things. one, deterrence from crime in the future. two, punishment, and thirdly, rehabilitation, because if they come back out without
and an actor and author, she started the tv hit the wire. she served six years in prison for first degree murder. dog, you are certainly proof you can turn a life around. did prison help you in any way? yes, sir, hi, larry. prison helped me all the way. i mean, i did not like it back in the 70s. texas was the only self-sufficient prison. that meant we had to raise our food, get up in the morning and work. and it was terrible. i did not want there was no crime that was fun enough to equal the punishment of prison. there just wasn t any. so yes larry: so the system itself rehabilitated you? the system itself rehabilitated me, because i hated you know, when i hit the texas penitentiary, i was 22 years old, and the first thing they told me is there s no rehabilitation here, dog. you re here to be punished.