what did you do with the sunglasses you had the other day? i put in drops. what kind of drops? eye doctor. the eye doctor gave them to me. the culture has changed because i think people have more hope. what coincided with that was a couple of laws that changed. some of our life without parole inmates, when you serve life without parole and all your crimes were habitual offender, they were all nonviolent, then you had the opportunity to go back before the judge and have the sentence overturned. some of the life without parole guys, instead of being violent or having a no-care attitude, they really have hope that they ll get their case overturned and one more chance to go back outside. and the inmates serving life without parole aren t the only ones getting the second chance. mitch rutledge was on death row before his sentence was overturned. i came here in 1981. june 17 i came to death row. i did approximately a little eight years on death row. came off 1989. reversal fr
inmates serving life without parole. what did you do with the sun glasses you had the other day? i put in drops. what kind of drops? eye doctor. the eye doctor gave them to me. the culture has changed because i think people have more hope. what coincided with that was a couple of laws that changed. some of our life without parole inmates, when you serve life without parole and all your crimes were habitual offender, they were all nonviolent, then you had the opportunity to go back to the judge and have the sentence overturned. some of the life without parole guys, instead of being violent or having a no-care study, they really have hope they will have their case overturned and one more chance to go back outside. and the inmates serving life without parole aren t the only ones getting the second chance. mitch rutledge was on death row before his sentence was overturned. i came here in 1981. june 17 i came to death row. i did approximately a little 0 eight years on death ro
but hope is not lost for all inmates serving life without parole. what did you do with the sunglasses? i put in drops. what kind of drops? eye doctor. the eye doctor gave them to me. the culture has changed because i think people have more hope. what coincided was a couple laws that changed. some of our life without parole inmates, when you serve life without parole and all your crimes were as a habitual offender, they were all nonviolent, then you have an opportunity to go back before the judge. having your sentence overturned. some of the life parole guys are violent or have a no-care attitude, they really have hope they will get their case overturned and they ll have one more chance to go back outside. and the inmates serving life without parole aren t the only ones getting the second chance. mitch rutledge was on death row before his sentence was overturned. came in 1981. june 17 i came to death row. i did approximately a little over a year on death row. came off 1989
came off 1989. reversal from the alabama supreme court find the d.a. said there s no such thing as life without parole and gave me a new sentencing hearing. the jury recommended life without parole. the judge went along with it. i m guilty. there was a man, he was shot and robbed. by? by me. on december 23rd, 1980, rutledge and two friends carjacked a van from a 28-year-old man. after robbing him, rutledge then shot the man five times, killing him instantly. the victim s wallet contained $20. when rutledge arrived on death row at 22, the threat of execution pushed him to the edge. life on death row, to me, was a very traumatic experience. i stayed in the cell 23 hours a day. i felt lost, confused, devastated. and knowing that you re going to
eye doctor. the eye doctor gave them to me. the culture has changed because i think people have more hope. what coincided was a couple laws that changed. some of our life without parole inmates, when you serve life without parole and all your crimes were as a habitual offender, they were all nonviolent, then you have an opportunity to go back before the judge. having your sentence overturned. some of the life parole guys are violent or have a no-care attitude, they really have hope they will get their case overturned and they ll have one more chance to go back outside. and the inmates serving life without parole aren t the only ones getting the second chance. mitch rutledge was on death row before his sentence was overturned. came in 1981. june 17 i came to death row. i did approximately a little over a year on death row. came off 1989. reversal from the alabama supreme court find the d.a. said there s no such thing as life without parole and gave me a new sentencing hearing. t