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Life in prison isn't a life. This isn't living, man. It's just surviving.

Scott Dozier, a death-row inmate in Nevada, a few months before he was found hanging in his cell over the weekend. His execution requests were repeatedly blocked, most recently by a lawsuit from the drug manufacturer whose products would have been used to kill him.

Scott Dozier, a death-row inmate in Nevada, a few months before he was found hanging in his cell over the weekend. His execution requests were repeatedly blocked, most recently by a lawsuit from the drug manufacturer whose products would have been used to kill him.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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