[captioning ma possible by kcetublic television] tavis: at age 16,wayne betts ma a bad decision that forer change his life. despite being an honor stude, he and a friend were arrested following a carjacking and robbery forhich he was sentenced to nine yes in prison. while incarcerated cement most of his time - spent most of h time reading, writg. it is an honor to have you o this progr, dwaynbetts. >>oingreat. tavis: let me go right at it. tell me what happened that fateful day. >> i w with a friend. we drove out tohe mall in virginia ande were walking aroundhe the mall andt got late andhe nexthing i know me and h were walking around in the parking lotnd i had a gun. i didn't have a gun intentionay planted on robbing someone but i had gun because the opportunityell in my lap and told somebody i wou hold it and i found mysf in the mall walking around inhe parking t. next thing i know me and my friend cjacked this guyhat was sleepi in his car. i te people we basically dro ouelves to prison. we were arrted the nexay and pled guilty immediately and i was sennced to nine years in prison a