"Born to Kill?" The Briley Brothers (TV Episode 2013) - Joe Jackson as Self - Author, Life on Death Row in America

Narrator : But despite appearances, Linwood and James had taken all their cunning and ruthlessness with them to death row.

Himself - Author, Life on Death Row in America : Linwood had a kind of magnetism to him. They wanted to please him, even the guards, and then people were scared of James.
Himself - Author, Life on Death Row in America : It seemed to a certain point that their family life was... unconventional, normal, and then when they reached their teenage years, something changed, and there seemed to be... I don't know... there certainly seemed to be a lack of empathy.
Himself - Author, Life on Death Row in America : You just start to see these glimmers - like James and Linwood's father would sleep with a lock on his door at night

Narrator : [on the parents, James Sr and Bertha, protecting themselves from their sons] He padlocked his own bedroom at night because he feared that they might do something to them. That's very very rare. Most parents feel that they have control over their kids, um - even if their kids are acting out in very aggressive and violent ways - they usually don't feel personally threatened by them. Briley's father did. I think that speaks volumes just to how deviant, uh, the three brothers were.

Joe Jackson: Self - Author, Life on Death Row in America