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♪ ♪ lord, you know what i need is you ♪ ♪ dear lord, this is my letter to you ♪ ♪ still got it going got real personal with you im patiently waiting for this curse to get lifted ♪ ♪ jump in the swamp with gators have my heaters for smoking ♪ ♪ please forgive me, for i have sinned ♪ ♪ lets take a walk >> between them, kenneth bode and billy hankens have endured more than 40 years in prison. >> come down here about three times a week, you know, to stay fit and to release st...

It takes its toll on you, but i mean what can you do about it? and, you know, 19 years of doing time, you learn patience if you dont learn anything. >> as kenneth bode looks forward to the payoff of patient persistence, another longtime inmate has learned that patience has a reward of a different type. our first introduction to billy hankens was in this startling prison surveillance video that we acquired from state prison in 2000. now older and wiser, hankens is an inmate at limon. >> this is m...

Only the strong survive, im sure youve heard that before. its especially true in this environment. you never know when its going to pay to be the stronger man. >> with no chance for parole, hankens survival in prison is a lifelong commitment but his friend is planning a life on the outside. due to new evidence coming forth on his murder conviction, bode accepted a plea bargain with a sentence reduction that could free him in the very near future, but now theres a snag >> going through some diffi...

I still walk the yard, smile, talk to people and stuff like that. >> whats going on, pickle? >> bodes record in prison has allowed him to hold one of the most trusted jobs available to inmates. hes a custodian in the administration building. >> i, you know, clean carpets, vacuum, empty trash. i would rather be working on the other side of the fence. >> and he soon might be. bodes case was recently reviewed and problems with the original evidence prompted the court to offer him a new plea agreeme...

Only the strong survive, im sure youve heard that before. its especially true in this environment. you never know when its going to pay to be the stronger man. >> with no chance for parole, hankens survival in prison is a lifelong commitment but his friend is planning a life on the outside. due to new evidence coming forth on his murder conviction, bode accepted a plea bargain with a sentence reduction that could free him in the very near future, but now theres a snag >> going through some diffi...