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In prison for rape, which i am i am persecuted in a multitude of ways. While some can only wait for the inevitable. I dont deal in hope. While youre on death row, you dont deal with hope. If you dwell on it, you end up either hanging yourself or going crazy. And with the personal cameras we left them, both inmates and their feline companions have plenty more to say. You like being here, cletus . I take that as a no. If youre in prison, we really have no choice. Because if we let one person disrespect us, then other peoples gonna disrespect us. And thats the world that we are forced to live in....

>> wrinkles' last hope is a long shot, an appeal to the u.s. supreme court. at moments like this, other "x" row inmates are forced to think about their own mortality. benjamin richie is here for the murder of a police officer. >> i've seen guys come by on their last walk to be executed. it affected me. but nothing affected me like seeing someone that you care about, like a best friend, walk by your cell and then leave to go be executed. what do you say to a guy that's going to -- what do you say? i didn't know what to say. you know, you eat together every day. you work out. you work together. ...

Always have that looming date over their head. and the bonding and the calmness that it's put on the death row inmates has been very significant. >> i'm not a cat person to begin with, but i got me one. and i like the little fella. he's not bad. >> cletus, a shelter cat who might otherwise be facing his own death sentence, was adopted by benjamin richie, who was condemned to die for the murder of a police officer. >> somebody when i'm feeling down, you know, it seems like he can tell and he's right there. he'll climb all over you and stuff. when they executed my friend mike, he slept in the be...

If nobody wanted the cat, i'll take him. everybody deserves a second chance. you like being here, cletus? take it as a no. why not? you get fed every day, don't you, boy? you get to sleep in the bed with me, don't you, boy? it's hard to explain, you know. he's like a kid, you know what i mean? he means a lot to me, you know. >> still appealing his sentence, richie's execution date could be years away if it comes at all. eric wrinkles, however, is nearly out of options. >> i could well be executed within the next four to six months. maybe sooner. maybe later. >> wrinkles was convicted of shooti...

Separated from the rest of the facility, and, of course, they always have that looming date over their head. and the bonding and the calmness that it's put on the death row inmates has been very significant. >> i'm not a cat person to begin with, but i got me one. and i like the little fella. he's not bad. >> cletus, a shelter cat who might otherwise be facing his own death sentence, was adopted by benjamin richie, who was condemned to die for the murder of a police officer. >> somebody when i'm feeling down, you know, it seems like he can tell and he's right there. he'll climb all over you an...