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An atheist inmate’s final hours

Without a god, he wondered, what could sustain him day by day?
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January 29, 2024

While Phillip Hancock was on death row in Oklahoma, he received chaplain support from a fellow atheist, Devin Moss.

White buildings behind a fence and a body of water.

Together, they wrestled with one question: How to face death without a god.

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