Sent to prison for 15 years, man still hopes for release 30 years later

UTAH STATE PRISON — If Frank Gene Powell had just served his original sentence, he would have been released from prison 15 years ago.
Instead, Powell — an American Fork man who has spent the majority of his adult life incarcerated — is making what could be his last chance to be released from the Utah State Prison for a crime he committed more than three decades ago as a young adult.
On Nov. 29, 1987, the 19-year-old Powell was at a house party in Pleasant Grove where alcohol wa