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CNN Live Saturday
'Jailhouse Rock'
Aired October 19, 2002 - 13:42 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: A rock music group in the Philadelphia area is getting quite a bit of attention lately -- they were even profiled on VH-1 last night -- but it's not for the reasons you think.
One of the band members is convicted of murdering two teenage girls. And our Jason Bellini picks up the story from there.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JASON BELLINI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's a debate in which both the living and the dead have their advocates.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I've seen a lot of clips of him.
BELLINI: What do you see on those clips?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Jumping around on the -- one had a diaper on. And I thought, "Disgusting." That's what I thought. That's all I'm saying.
BELLINI: Did you actually see the man who murdered your daughter?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
BELLINI: The show presents the rock concert not so much as recreation during incarceration ...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not giving inmates things to do is dangerous. Some of our inmates before they got into music were difficult people. Their expressions of their emotions were more into forms of violence.
BELLINI: ... but as a way to unlock heart and souls.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's the purpose of this program -- to show the redemptive power of music behind bars.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They should be locking them behind bars instead of (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
BELLINI: Part of the punishment of prison Mrs. Orlando believes is that the convicted are hidden and forgotten, giving the victims peace.
The victim's families decide to have this vigil during the show itself because they don't want to see the show. They don't want people to watch the show.
The content, they say, could never redeem the concept behind the show. It's an inseparable divide between the relatives and the programs creators.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, any criticism that has been leveled against Music Behind Bars has been by people who haven't even seen the first episode. That's what's so astounding to me.
BELLINI: Astonishment is also an emotion politicians attending the vigil seize upon.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And as long as I have a breath in my body it will never, ever happen again.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They call themselves Dark Mischief. And to know that they were the ultimate in mischievous people . . .
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think once people see it this whole thing is going to become a non-issue.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You've seen guys dancing around on television and stage -- well, maybe that could have been my daughter -- our daughter -- dancing around and doing her thing. But she's not but they are and there's no reason for it.
BELLINI: No reason, no intention good enough to convince Mrs. Orlando and the Gribers (ph) that the murder of their daughters or any other convict should ever be seen or heard from again.
Jason Bellini, CNN, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired October 19, 2002 - 13:42 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: A rock music group in the Philadelphia area is getting quite a bit of attention lately -- they were even profiled on VH-1 last night -- but it's not for the reasons you think.
One of the band members is convicted of murdering two teenage girls. And our Jason Bellini picks up the story from there.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JASON BELLINI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's a debate in which both the living and the dead have their advocates.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I've seen a lot of clips of him.
BELLINI: What do you see on those clips?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Jumping around on the -- one had a diaper on. And I thought, "Disgusting." That's what I thought. That's all I'm saying.
BELLINI: Did you actually see the man who murdered your daughter?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
BELLINI: The show presents the rock concert not so much as recreation during incarceration ...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not giving inmates things to do is dangerous. Some of our inmates before they got into music were difficult people. Their expressions of their emotions were more into forms of violence.
BELLINI: ... but as a way to unlock heart and souls.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's the purpose of this program -- to show the redemptive power of music behind bars.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They should be locking them behind bars instead of (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
BELLINI: Part of the punishment of prison Mrs. Orlando believes is that the convicted are hidden and forgotten, giving the victims peace.
The victim's families decide to have this vigil during the show itself because they don't want to see the show. They don't want people to watch the show.
The content, they say, could never redeem the concept behind the show. It's an inseparable divide between the relatives and the programs creators.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, any criticism that has been leveled against Music Behind Bars has been by people who haven't even seen the first episode. That's what's so astounding to me.
BELLINI: Astonishment is also an emotion politicians attending the vigil seize upon.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And as long as I have a breath in my body it will never, ever happen again.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They call themselves Dark Mischief. And to know that they were the ultimate in mischievous people . . .
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think once people see it this whole thing is going to become a non-issue.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You've seen guys dancing around on television and stage -- well, maybe that could have been my daughter -- our daughter -- dancing around and doing her thing. But she's not but they are and there's no reason for it.
BELLINI: No reason, no intention good enough to convince Mrs. Orlando and the Gribers (ph) that the murder of their daughters or any other convict should ever be seen or heard from again.
Jason Bellini, CNN, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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