anthony politti is happy to be housed alone in a cell and to occasionally chat with a neighbor. >> polittip? you got a haircut. let me see. you ugly, man. >> i could not be in a ram with 20, 30 people all day. that would drive me insane. you know, i'd end up hurting somebody or make them hurt me. i couldn't do it. >> politti is charged with murder and rape. despite police claims that he confessed after he was arrested, politti says he has no recollection of the murder. >> the 40-year-old girl end up dead in your room. then what happened? >> i don't know. somebody strangled her, they said. >> somebody strangled her. it wasn't you? >> i don't remember. >> i'd have been pissed if i'd have come home and there was a dead body in my room. i would have been pissed, man. >> from my past experiences, i don't know. it's possible i did it, but i don't think i did it. i really don't. [ beep ] done it before. i remember it. that's when people pissed me off, though. >> this is not the first time politti has opinion charged with a violent crime where he says memory failed him. he once served a 15-year pr