. >> manuel ortiz, convicted of murdering his wife and her friend, has been on the row since 1996. >>f you don't exercise your mind or your body start to deteriorate. we try to use push-ups, squats, things of that nature. because imagine 14 years in a cage. it take a toll on the body, and on the mind. >> all right. there's my frenchman. you still seeing that french woman? she still writing you? >> men have spent up to two decades here. while some pursue their cases to the last breath, others would just as soon give up. >> there are a lot of guys here. i can't mention the names, but they also like to get it over. you will come with this -- 2,000 pounds on my back every morning. carry the death penalty. it's something that is reality. >> until recently, contact visits, a chance for family members to touch death row inmates, have been prohibited. >> these guys have mommas and sisters and children and grandmas and all that. i don't think you ought to get to touch you when you're dead, after executed. i'm pretty passionate about letting them have that contact, if i know security is going t