. >>> in another part of san quentin, joe askey practices his art.side death row is no accident. ♪ there's a woman fighting tears back on the table ♪ ♪ doctor's just removed his gloves ♪ ♪ she couldn't bear to have a baby being single ♪ ♪ she couldn't bear to give it up ♪ >> the spot has special significance for askey, who is serving 25 years to life, under california's three strikes law. >> i almost killed somebody during a burglary back in 1985. if they would have died, i may have been up there. that's pretty heavy right there. ♪ on a cold december morning a million miles out to sea ♪ ♪ stare down at a letter from my wife and kids to me ♪ >> why do you write such sad songs? >> i don't know. i don't know, actually. i really don't have an answer for that. they feel good to write, though. they really do. ♪ and a letter from home saying how they miss me every day ♪ >> life's about emotion. i think we're all related emotionally, all of us. ♪ how much longer will i have to stay ♪ i think before i came to prison in '85, i didn't relate. i didn't feel like