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>> whether it sounds like somebody running over a cat with a lawn mower or not. >> since fry has appealed his death penalty sentence, it is not clear when or eveb if he'll ever be executed. >> 15 to 20 years down the road, that will be decided. as with all death penalties, it's a controversy. >> i'm not afraid of death. when i die, i go to my maker with a clear conscience because i have accepted him as my savior and i have asked forgiveness of my sins. to die is easy. to live is hard. >> robert fry isn't the only inmate whose prison experience has dramatically transformed his life. >> not ever...

Prison. the name of the project is orient heights. the building i grew up in is 191, fairwood ave.. >> everything that i got is a prison tattoo, actually. >> i heard somewhere prison tattoos are like the prison experience. it hurts when you're getting them, it's bloody, some scabs and bruises but when it's all healed up and it's all said and done, there's something left over. >> nice back piece, ain't it? get your back piece on camera, baby! huh? showing off your work, son. >> yeah? >> huh? >> there's better tattoo artists in prison than there are out on the street. >> where did you get those ...

Reserve by telling him about my history in the civil rights movement and the young people that i knew and all of a sudden he said to me did you know maya angelou. i said yes. he said we read all of her books in the prison. that broke the ice for us. he was still very guarded and remained -- over the months and years after he was released he got more and more comfortable with the media but in those days he was a bit reserved. he didn't like personal questions, and i was warned by the son of one of his prison mates, i know what you're going to try to do but those old guys only talk to themselves...

People who are different than yourself and know gay people and know gay people who are married and have good marriages and know transgender people, you sort of take the boog giman out of it. your role is important in putting that out there for people to see a character they can laugh with, cry with, relate to. talk to us about your character. >> what's been great is she's a character who's in prison and she's faced a lot of issues transgender people face. helps with health care when they deny her hormones and so many transgender people in prison experience that. what's amazing is people -- a w...

Aka mico, is cuffed on suspicion of pimping. >> technically, i feel i'm doing a good thing by protecting someone. >> but mico doesn't see himself as a pimp so much as a protector and guardian angel to lost and wayward souls. >> because i'm more -- ever since i experienced the prison experience, since i've been out, i've been totally on a spiritual path. >> yeah, i kind of see myself as like the kwai chang caine of the adult entertainment industry. if you know who that is, that was a kung fu master from a series back in the '70s. i try to show those that are lost, i try to guide them back into ...