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Killer is a celebrity, thanks to death row

His execution is set for Wednesday. So naturally we?re hearing a lot about how Dennis Skillicorn turned his life around while on Missouri?s death row.Just before a court order helped him avoid lethal injection last year, we also were made aware of how he?d found God.Which they all do. Except Skillicorn went on to start a prison ministry.For several years, he?s been editor of a national magazine that features the work of other condemned prisoners. And he?s been involved in a prison hospice program and ? well, there?s a lot more about his accomplishments and deep remorse on the Internet.But what of Richard Drummond?His fine points are little mentioned these days. About all we hear of him is that he was a Good Samaritan ? an Excelsior Springs businessman who offered to help Skillicorn and two of his druggie pals when their car broke down on Interstate 70 one day in August 1994...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on May 18, 2009 (boomark / email).