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CASPER (AP) — On a Sunday in September, morning light drifted through stained glass as churchgoers in Rock Springs raised their eyes to God. In Basin, a congregation joined voices to sing an opening hymn. In Thermopolis, they bowed their heads, opened their hearts and asked for mercy. Then the prayers — recited in each of those Episcopalian churches — became specific. “God of Mercy, hear our prayer for ourselves, our friends and families who hold painful memories of loss, grief and suicide,” the priests read. “We ask for strength for today,...
RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) - Men in boots and cowboy hats draped themselves over the white piping of the round pen and watched two of their peers throw a saddle over the mustang's back. The horse kicked up dust as it skittered slightly under the load. "Whenever you're good," Eric Farrar said, holding the wild horse by its halter. "I'm ready," Scott West replied, shoving a scuffed boot in the saddle's stirrup. His voice remained steady, though the 53-year-old inmate was well aware of the risks of...