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Former professional boxer Duke Tanner remembers witnessing a murder on his first day in prison in 2004.

"I watched the guy walk out the unit, blood seeping out of his neck. He dropped on the floor and ended up dying later," Tanner told Fox News Digital, recalling his thoughts at the time.

"'It's my new environment. I got to survive. I'm not going to die in here. I'm not going to be him.'"

He wound up in jail after getting caught in a drug trafficking sting operation while trying to make additional money for his family.

"I thought it was a robbery at first. So, when I saw it was cops, I was really at peace," he said.

He was sentenced to two life terms, ending his boxing career and separating him from his family, includ

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