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LanewayRat t1_irl44a0 wrote

Terrible sad stats. Amazing that Americans tolerate this official barbarism. Locking people up with execution hanging over them as they gradually die off from suicide and natural causes is sorta like torture isn’t it? It would actually be more humane to quickly carry out the sentence.

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GRAWRGER t1_irmialx wrote

it would be, for those that end up being executed.

another way to look at it is that the waiting period invites the possibility of new developments. it'd be a shame for an incorrect verdict leading to the immediate execution of an innocent person, when new evidence exonerating them may have been found in the next year or two.

not sure how often that happens though...

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Bitter-Basket t1_irnjech wrote

They know that execution is not going to happen. And the horror, pain and suffering their victims and their families endured is unimaginable. I don't feel bad for them - at all.

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