earlier, i spoke with the board's executive officer jennifer shafer. jennifer shafer, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> you look at thousands of cases every year, what do you look for when deciding whether to release an inmate? >> well, our first consideration is, of course, public safety and whether the person currently poses a risk of public safety. but we look at a variety of factors. we look -- we're required by law to look at all reliable and relevant information. so that means we look at the crime, we take input from the prosecutor. we take input from the victim and law enforcement agencies. we read through all the crime reports. we read through any appellate decisions, and then we look at all of their record while they've been incarcerated. >> what are you looking for? how do you know they're being sincere as opposed to saying the things they think the parole board wants to hear? >> a lot has to do with looking at the record. we do a tremendous amount of preparation. our commissioners have an entire day, every monday is wh