eric holthaus is a meteorologist who writes about weather and climate for slate.is most recent post is called "global warming is probably boosting lake-effect snows." we will link to it at democracynow.org. ofn we come back, the story -- well, he started as a young man at the age of 18. how he went to jail for taking the tools his father bequeathed him after his dad died. how is it possible that 34 years later he remains in jail? his name is mark defriest. 27 of those 34 years, in solitary. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. return now to the shocking case of mark defriest. in 1970 nine, his father died and left him a set of tools. mark picked his tools up before they were probated. he was arrested for stealing. at the age of 19, mark was sentenced to four years in prison in florida. it is now 34 years later and mark is still locked up. he spent 27 of those years in solitary confinement. even though he has never committed a violent act. his story is told in a shocking new film calle