brian edmond sr., i'm going to look at his charges. sodomy first, intimidating a -- assisting a felony one. >> having been sentenced, edmonds now awaits transfer to prison, a place he is familiar with. he has been there on three separate occasions, serving a total of 14 years. >> tired of being in this jail. can't wait to get away from her. go to my next phase so i can get get ready, get my appeal done. >> although no stranger to prison, he does find himself in unusual circumstances here. housed in a cell on another floor at the jail is his eighteen-year-old son, brian edmonds, jr. he's been charged with two counts of murder. he has pled not guilty. >> we ain't got no real close relationship. because i vn locked up off and on. so i have never been there through him growing up. he knows i love him, he loves me. but we ain't really had no father and son relationship. it was more like a friendship. and if they was to convict him of it, the blame would be on me. because i ain't never been there. you know what i'm saying? i would take his ch

. >> joining me now is edmond coleman and brian catulis. what do you think japan goes on this question? >> flooesat least in the context of iraq back in 2004 there was a japanese national who was captured by al qaeda in iraq. he was beheaded on camera. the presumption is japan had not paid ransom there. have they paid $200 million? no. the ransoms have been in the single of millions of dollars. there's no way they're paying $200 million in ransom even if they have paid ransoms previously. >> most of the time governments do not acknowledge they have paid ransoms to free citizens but do we have any sense of the negotiations that go on behind closed doors? is there back and forth negotiation? >> there is. the hostage will send a message to their family and they'll include a demand on how much money and where it is to be delivered and it all takes place behind the scenes. once you see someone appear on camera in public if there was a ransom offer, it was rejected and there is no ransom going to be paid. >> it is an end stage. >> this is drama f