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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 i'm 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 ♪ ♪ let's 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 stress. >> it helps you work off pent-up negative energy that you accumulate during the day dealing ...

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 don't 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 my 43rd birthday. i think i've been locked up, the only birthday i haven't been locked up for was my...

Only the strong survive, i'm sure you've heard that before. it's especially true in this environment. you never know when it's 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 there's a snag >> going through some difficulty with d.o.c. not complying with the court's order. they're refusing to grant my earned ti...

I still walk the yard, smile, talk to people and stuff like that. >> what's going on, pickle? >> bode's record in prison has allowed him to hold one of the most trusted jobs available to inmates. he's 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. bode's case was recently reviewed and problems with the original evidence prompted the court to offer him a new plea agreement, one that would drastically reduce his sentence. >> they gave me 28 years with time credit fo...

Only the strong survive, i'm sure you've heard that before. it's especially true in this environment. you never know when it's 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 there's a snag >> going through some difficulty with d.o.c. not complying with the court's order. they're refusing to grant my earned ti...