protsman was only recently transferred to the jail.e 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. 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 hit her in the head with a hammer. i left her there dead. i thought i would hide out with the karnis 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 sentenced to life without parole. 12 years later, he was returned to oakland after police linked his dna to a pair of 16-year-old cold case homicides. this time prosecutors were seeking the death sentence but offered a deal. >> they brought me a deal if i pled guilty to the two charges, they'll give me life without and one year for special circumstances. >> while protsman pled guilty and received two additional life

eugene protsman is one of the exceptions. a three-time convicted murderer.used in a single-man administrative segregation 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 transferred to the trail from state prison where he'd been incarcerated for 12 years for first of his murder convictions. he said 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. 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 hit her in the head with a hammer. i left her there dead. i joined the carnival and said i'll hide out with the carneys for a while, you know? 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. >> protsman was convicted and sentenced to life withou