1.   A state lawmaker wants death-row inmates to have a chance to redeem themselves and help their fellow man.

2.   Inmates had the chance to join special groups for music, drama, dance and art.

3.   Two other death row inmates have final appeals pending before the Supreme Court.

4.   Although he himself has family support, he said, many returning inmates have nothing.

5.   Also, inmates would have to wait longer before earning good time again after having violated prison rules.

6.   And he made sure that inmates had access to the courts.

7.   At one point, one of the prisoners asks Irwin what another inmate had to die for, and I was scratching my head along with him.

8.   At another Alabama jail, each inmate had an average of six square feet of space.

9.   Because there are no outside distractions such as TV, radio or newspapers, inmates have plenty of time for soul-searching.

10.   Before that, many inmates had to sleep on concrete, they said.