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former Professional boxer Duke Tanner remembers witnessing the murder on his first day in prison in 2004.
“I saw a man leave the unit and seeping blood seeping through his neck. He fell on the floor. I ended up dead Tanner then spoke to Fox News Digital, recalling what he thought at the time.
“It’s my new environment. I managed to survive. I’m not going to die here. I’m not going to be him.”
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He was caught up in a drug trafficking stling operation while trying to earn extra money for his family before getting caught up in a prison.
“I thought it was a robbery at first, so when I thought it was a police officer, I was really peaceful,” he said.
He was sentenced to two life terms, ending his boxing career, separating him from his family, including his son, who had only two for 16 years. He dedicated his time in prison to embrace Christianity and to cover all available rehabilitation programs.
Tanner remembers the night he noticed the president in 2018 Donald Trump He’s the one who will finish his writing.
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“I had a dream and I woke up,” Tanner said. “After I had that dream, I started writing letters to the White House once a week. And two years later, I was let go.”
After being tolerated by former President Barack Obama in 2016, Tanner was granted tolerance by Trump in 2020. In May, the former boxer was given a presidential pardon. Tanner visited the White House to thank Trump in person.
“I thanked him, and he recalled my incident. And he said, “Man, you had a bad path, but you have a beautiful son. I hear you doing great things, and you’re continuing to do good work. I’m watching you,” Tanner said.
Former boxer Duke Tanner was granted a presidential pardon last month after being recognized for his generosity by President Donald Trump in 2020. (Personal courtesy of Duke Tanner)
In August, Tanner published a book titled “Duke Gott Life: One of the Final Shots of Boxers’ Battle for Freedom and Redemption,” detailing his story.
A few weeks after Tanner received the president’s pardon, Trump came to the idea of giving hip-hop artist Sean “Diddy” a presidential pardon during a sex trafficking trial.
Tanner has not followed the “Diddy” case closely and admits that he is not “free” to discuss the rapper’s accusations, revealing how Combs feels about the idea of getting an amnesty from Trump.
“This administration is going to read all the papers. They will get to the facts. They will get to the bottom of everything, and if he decides to make that move, he has gone through the system.
“He knows what he did to him to make him a convicted felon and to make him commit all the counts, so he knows the misconduct of the prosecution.
Tanner also suggested that Trump’s pardon is a way to hold people involved in the criminal justice system accountable.
“And he’s trying to show them, “You guys are doing all the work, or I’m going to embarrass you by fixing it for you,” Tanner added.
“So, with that being said, if he decided to do it, obviously he saw something and he got the best lawyer around him. [the Diddy trial]. I don’t know what’s going on. I’m just saying I don’t care who it is. If the president says he wants to do it, trust me, there’s a reason behind it, and the law wasn’t handled correctly. ”
Tanner said he knows many other people in prison who believe he deserves generosity.
Donald Trump and Duke Tanner (Personal courtesy of Duke Tanner)
“I definitely know there are so many men and women who need to be tolerant to get out of the system,” Tanner said.
Tanner has already seen another president give a series of controversial pardons last year. Former President Joe Biden gave a series of pardons before taking office in December. This includes his son Hunter Biden, who was convicted of federal guns and taxes.
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“I heard about it. He released his son,” Tanner said. “He has never been to prison so he can’t compare to his own. He was not charged. I was taken from my 2-year-old son for 16 years, six months and 21 days.
“What I have [Hunter] end? Have we even heard of him since he got pardon? Did he talk about that too? Did he thank his father for that? So we can never compare such a man to me. ”
Still, Tanner said he was not mad at Hunter Biden’s pardon.
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Tanner declined to comment on the investigation.
The former boxer continues to serve community services and focuses on helping his 19-year-old nephew become a future boxing world champion.
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