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"Are people more likely to die in jail than outside?" I don't know - do you? It seems very likely that they live longer even in jail than if they are being exe
by Tichy 15y ago
"Are people more likely to die in jail than outside?"
I don't know - do you? It seems very likely that they live longer even in jail than if they are being executed by death sentence, though.
Of course even being in jail as an innocent is a tragedy, but my personal feeling is that being executed is even worse.
I've never been to a prison and I don't know how the prison experiences vary by country. Somehow I have a hard time believing that in my country the infamous shower rapes are the norm. But I don't know.
I am surprised that the claim is only 10 innocents who have been executed. Even just casually reading I have a feeling that I read about more cases (and definitely about more cases who have been on death row but were freed in time, maybe because of the initiative of that law professor with his students?). Maybe you mean 10 innocents per year?
Perhaps it is also less likely that a case is being resolved after a death sentence, because there is less incentive to look into it. While people are still on death row, there might be more urgency to trying to prove their innocence.
- anamax 15y ago> I don't know - do you? Yes, I do. If it's relevant to your argument, shouldn't you also know? > It seems very likely that they live longer even in jail than if they are being executed by death sentence, though. Oh really? Based on what? Death row inmates have no risk from other inmates, good health care, etc. > who have been on death row but were freed in time, maybe because of the initiative of that law professor with his students?). The vast majority of said cases aren't innocents, but "wrongly sentenced", which is basically "sympathetic defendant". > Maybe you mean 10 innocents per year? Nope. 10 total in the past few decades. > Perhaps it is also less likely that a case is being resolved after a death sentence, because there is less incentive to look into it. Huh? People die every day in prison.