. >> for inmate joseph garner, processing his horrific crime has been the hardest part of his punishment> i have been down 9 1/2 years. i got 22 1/2 more to go. i've been -- my crime is murder, and i cannibalized during the process. >> on christmas night, 1996, joseph thought his father was preventing the second coming of christ. >> i tackled him from behind and somehow got around behind him and slit his throat. and i remember him saying, "please don't kill me." and that's when i realized, oh, my god, what am i doing? i said whatever is done has already been done. by this time, i'm totally wigged out and i pulled his brain out, you know, and took a bite out of it. >> joseph garner's treatment in the rtu helped him assimilate into the level four general population, but still he struggles with his crime. >> oh, it's -- it's heinous. if i had -- i believe in an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. if i had my way, i believe they should take my life. even though there were extenuating circumstances that were both mitigating and aggravating, still having crossed that line, it would, therefor

. >> for inmate joseph garner, processing his horrific crime has been the hardest part of his punishment1/2 more to go. i've been -- my crime is murder, and i cannibalized during the process. >> on christmas night, 1996, joseph thought his father was preventing the second coming of christ. >> i tackled him from behind and somehow got around behind him and slit his throat. and i remember him saying, "please don't kill me." and that's when i realized, oh, my god, what am i doing? i said whatever is done has already been done. by this time, i'm totally wigged out and i pulled his brain out, you know, and took a bite out of it. >> joseph garner's treatment in the rtu helped him assimilate into the level four general population, but still he struggles with his crime. >> oh, it's -- it's heinous. if i had -- i believe in an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. if i had my way, i believe they should take my life. even though there were extenuating circumstances that were both mitigating and aggravating, still having crossed that line, it would, therefore, be that much easier to go back across.