eugene protsman is one of the exceptions. a three-time convicted murderer.gregation cell where he rarely has contact with other inmates. >> they call me as a serial killer. so they keep me confined away from other people. protsman was only recently transfer to the jail from state prison where he'd been incarcerated 12 years for the first of his murder convictions. he says he was high on meth when he attacked a female acquaintance in a san diego trailer park. >> i was freaked out. i had done too much. i had already been up for like 14 days. i thought this girl was a snitch, you know, setting me up. i don't know exactly what all came about. the next thing you know, i find her dead on the couch. i had hit her in the head with a hammer. i left her there dead. i joined the carnival. i thought i will hide out with the carnies for a while. the owner had seen my name on "america's most wanted." when he seen it, he called the police and i was arrested one morning at the carnival. >> he was convicted and sentenced to life without parole. 12 years later, he was returne