personal and likeable guy. >> i'm kind of a momma's boy. >> on the other hand, i probably wouldn't want to cross him. >> i'm a pretty big guy. and nobody's going to call me out. i'm part of a pretty intimidating group. when we're on the yard, we're 20, 30 deep. pretty big white boys. nobody really challenges that. so, it wasn't as hard as i thought it would be. >> holloman made it to the top of his prison gang. but then the unexpected happened. he caught a break in his case. a reclassification hearing on his 30-year sentence was influenced by an unlikely source. >> so, the day before my hearing this guy that i stabbed wrote a letter to the judge saying that i deserved a second chance. and that i was given a long time and it's not fair because of my mistake that my family had to suffer and lose a son, you know? you know, it was pretty amazing. i mean, i had a lot of people, they spoke at the hearing. >> the judge cut holloman's