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TUCSON, Ariz. -- A man convicted in the 1984 kidnapping and murder of an 8-year-old Tucson girl is suing state prison officials over his religious freedoms.

Frank Jarvis Atwood claims prison officials are no longer allowing him to meet with his priest two hours per week, as he has done for the past 12 years.

The Arizona Daily Star says Atwood claims he can only meet with his priest one hour per month.

His lawsuit says that isn't enough time to perform the ``required elements'' of his religion.

The 57-year-old Atwood was sentenced to death in May 1987 for the killing of 8-year-old Vicki Lynne Hoskinson.

Her skeletal remains were found in April 1985, seven months after she disappeared while riding her bicycle.

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Information from: Arizona Daily Star, http://www.azstarnet.com

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    yrreta wrote...
    26 years sitting on death row
    February 4, 2013 5:45 pm
    sucking on the teet of the tax payers money so he can get three hots and a cot, and postpone his punishment through frivolous appeals and he's gonna cry that he can't see his priest two hours per week like he has for the past 12 years. If you can't perform the ``required elements" of your religion on your own after practicing for the last 12 years, give it up, you aint never gonna get it. Thank the Lib's for allowing murderers to live out their retirement on death row.
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    Right! wrote...
    I'm just curious......
    February 4, 2013 6:57 pm
    What exactly are the freedoms Frank Atwood allowed or gave to Vicki Lynne?
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