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Prison staffers back clemency for inmate facing death

Tony Rizzo |last updated: May 17, 2009 02:06:20 PMKANSAS CITY, Mo. _ ?I know he?s not the same man who came into prison,? said Bill Henry, a volunteer who has worked with Skillicorn for years in a Christian-based group. ?The good things he?s done you can?t even count.?For Skillicorn, prison deeds are all he can do to make amends for a life of crime.?If I had three lifetimes, I know I can?t repay society for the things I?ve done,? he said in a recent phone interview. ?But I think we have a responsibility to build up what we once tore down with our criminal behavior.?Regardless of who he is now, or what he once was, the 49-year-old former Kansas City resident is in line to be the first Missouri inmate put to death since 2005.Barring court intercession or a grant of clemency from Gov...continue to full post

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