LOS PADILLAS GANG AND A
CONVICTED KILLER.
HE WAS RELEASED FROM
PRISON TODAY AND HAD A
CAMERA CREWS FOLLOWING
HIM.
NEWS 13 )S BRIANNA
GALLEGOS IS LIVE IN THE
NEWSPLEX WITH THE STORY.
KIM --
THOSE CAMERA )S ARE PART
OF A DOCUMENTARY CREW
THAT WILL BE FOLLOWING
PADILLA FOR THE NEXT
YEAR.
A MAN SENT TO PRISON
FOR TWO MURDERS AND
SUSPECTED OF MANY MORE
CRIMES..
ARRESTED IN 1999 FOR
KILLING FERNADO
VELASQUEZ
EXECUTION STYLE AND
PUTTING A HIT ON JULIUS
SANCHEZ.
PADILLA WAS SENTENCED TO
25 YEARS IN PRISON.
JEFFREY PADILLA WAS
OFFICIALLY RELEASED
TODAY AFTER SERVING 17
YEARS OF THAT SENTENCE.
HE WAS WELCOMED BACK
INTO THE REAL WORLD BY
CAMERAS.
...padilla 7:11 i wanted
to get my message out. i
aint who i used to be
and it is a long time of
changing. 7:18... A
BRITISH DOCUMENTARY-
MAKER WHO WAS WORKING IN
THE PRISON IN
LAS CRUCES FOR THE
POPULAR SERIES ON A AND
E CALLED BEHIND BARS:
ROOKIE YEAR MET PADILLA.
...filmmaker 5:38 jeff
and i met and we would
talk everyday and he
would tell me about his
life and growing up and
slowly i was more and
more enchanted by what
he had gone through
5:48...
FROM THERE THE TWO
AGREED TO WORK ON A
DOCUMENTARY
TOGETHER WHEN HE GOT
OUT.
NOW RELEASED FROM PRISON
SOME PEOPLE ARE
SKEPTICAL THE FILM
PRODUCTION WILL GLORIFY
THE LIFE
PADILLA LIVED THAT
LANDED HIM BEHIND BARS.
...padilla 14:39 aint
here to tell people
there was one day i did
this and that i come
more to the conclusion
by my crimes that i
commited is why i had to
suffer 14:53...
NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENTAY.
BUT MANY OF THOSE THAT
WE SPOKE TO TODAY WERE
AFRAID TO
SPEAK OUT PUBLICLY
SAYING THEY STILL
BELIEVE PADILLA IS A
DANGEROUS MAN.
IN COURT ALMOST TWO
DECADES AGO -- PADILLA
SPOKE ABOUT HIS
COMMITTED CRIMES.
HE ASKED HIS VICTIMS
FAMILIES FOR
FORGIVENESS. NOW HE SAYS
HE IS A CHANGED MAN.
...padilla 18:48 i am
sure peopel have made up
their mind about me but
i would ask them to
be...but just keep a
note that people do
change. 18:57...
WE REACHED OUT TO A-P-D
FOR A RESPONSE ON THIS
DOCUMENTARY.
SPOKESPERSON SIMON
DROBIK TELLS US.....
"IT )S UNFORTUNATE THAT A
PRODUCTION COMPANY WOULD
CHOOSE TO HIGHLIGHT AN
INDIVIDUAL THAT CAUSED
SO MUCH DESTRUCTION IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
HIGHLIGHTING HIS LIFE
UNDERMINES THE HARD WORK
THAT OFFICERS AND
DETECTIVES ACHIEVED AT
THE TIME TO PUT HIM
BEHIND BARS."
KIM - BACK TO YOU.
OKAY THANK YOU BRIANNA.
PADILLA HAD ORIGINALLY
BEEN RELEASED FROM
PRISON IN 20-13 ON
PROBATION.
BUT HE VIOLATED IT...
THREE TIMES... AND WAS
SENT BACK IN 20-15 TO
FINISH HIS SENTENCE.
A FIRE FIGHT IS UNDERWAY
