. >> reporter: terry steinberg is talking to her 31-year-old son justin wolfe who has been in solitary confinement on death row for 11 years. >> that's been 11 years of ups and downs and disappointments and frustration and shock and disbelief. we were only allowed to hug him once every four months for the first few years. >> reporter: wolfe is now in the prince william county jail awaiting a bond hearing tomorrow. >> the doors are full of newspaper articles. >> reporter: wolfe's bedroom is frozen in time with memorabilia from his high school days. he was a running back at chantilly high school in 1996 when they were state champions. in 2002 when he was 21, he was convicted of murder for hire and sentenced to death. the conviction and sentence devastated the entire family. twice his mother was given dates for justin's execution. >> it was just a very sick feeling that, wow, this is the day they say they're going to take my son 's life. and you feel so helpless. how can they stop this. what can i do? >> reporter: wolfe was a marijuana dealer. the jury found him guilty of hiring owen barb

. >> reporter: terry steinberg is talking to her 31-year-old son justin wolfe who has been in solitaryfinement on death row for 11 years. >> that's been 11 years of ups and downs and disappointments and frustration and shock and disbelief. >> reporter: wolfe is now in the prince william county jail awaiting a bond hearing tomorrow. >> the drawers are full of newspaper articles. >> reporter: wolfe's bedroom is frozen in time with memorabilia from his high school days. he was a running back at chantilly high school in 1996 when they were state champions. in 2002 we had was 21, he -- when he was 21, he was convicted of murder for hire and sentenced to death. the conviction and sentence devastated the entire family. twice his mother was given dates for justin's execution. >> it was just a very sick feeling that, you know, wow, this is the day they say they're going to take my son's life and you feel so helpless. you know, how can i stop this? what can i do? >> reporter: wolfe was a marijuana dealer. the jury found him guilty of hiring owen barber to kill daniel petrolli who was wolfe's dru

terry steinberg is talking to her 31-year-old son justin wolf who has been in solitary confinement onth row for 11 years. >> that's been 11 years of ups and downs and disappointments and frustration and shock and disbelief. >> reporter: wolfe is now in the prince william county jail awaiting a bond hearing tomorrow. >> the drawers are full of newspaper articles. >> reporter: wolfe's bedroom is frozen in time with memorabilia from his high school days. he was a running back at chantilly high school in 1996 when they were national champions. in 2002 we had was 19, he was convict -- when he was 19, he was convicted of murder for hire and sentenced to death. the conviction and sentence devastated the entire family. twice his mother was given dates for justin's execution. >> it was just a very sick feeling that, you know, wow, this is the day they say they're going to take my son's life and you feel so helpless, you know. how can i stop this? what can i do? >> reporter: wolfe was a marijuana dealer. the jury found him guilty of hiring owen barber to kill daniel petrolli who was wolfe's dru

. >> reporter: terri steinberg choked back tears after the crushing disappointment of not being able to finally bring her son home. in 2001 at 20 years old justin wolfe was convicted of murder for hire in the shooting death of fellow marijuana dealer daniel petrolli. wolfe was sentenced to death. the killer owen barber who is serving 38 years testified then that wolfe hired him to do it, but barber recanted and now says that was a lie and that he said it only to save himself, but prosecutors say they are preparing to retry wolfe. >> i don't know what evidence they have. owen has gone on the stand and admitted that justin had nothing to do with this, that it was only so that he could avoid the death penalty himself and judge jackson in a federal court found that to be a truthful statement. >> reporter: members of wolfe's extended family remember at the courthouse in force -- were at the courthouse in force today. >> he is a changed man and he's spent 10 years on death row and enough is enough already. >> this has been the strongest scared straight program any kid could ever go through