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I think there are two issues you don't address. Death is final. There's no later exoneration if you've killed someone and it seems pretty clear that this has ha

I think there are two issues you don't address. Death is final. There's no later exoneration if you've killed someone and it seems pretty clear that this has happened. State and federal governments have executed innocent people. The second is that content of this article itself. The author does not sound thrilled to be in solitary; but the author also seems to have found meaning in life. Do you think that the author would choose death over the life he has forged for himself? I don't think so.

hardwaregeek 4y ago
Oh agreed. Death is not a good option. I'm mostly saying that life in prison, especially in American prisons, is not a good one either.
- cmsonger 4y ago
  Agreed. The US has some weird priorities in my estimation.
- edmcnulty101 4y ago
nicoburns 4y ago
I can’t speak for the author, but I would absolutely choose death over life imprisonment if given the choice (assuming a painless method of execution)
- Fidgeting0026 4y ago
  I'd take the pain anyway.
- throwawaaarrgh 4y ago
  Some people live most of their lives "imprisoned": maybe they're blind, deaf, paralyzed, have birth defects, chronic pain/illness. But even they value life within limitations. There is always a reason to keep going. Perspective is everything.
  - usaphp 4y ago
    I think It’s one thing to be born blind/deaf and never experience life without it, but it’s another when you were free and then went to prison for life/got blind/paralyzed
  - nicoburns 4y ago
    I don’t think it’s reasonable to assume that everyone will have the same perspective on this.
- ouija 4y ago
  You sound like the banker in "The Bet" by Chekhov. I hope nobody makes a bet in this thread. :D
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axiolite 4y ago
> Death is final. Years in prison can't be undone any more than death can. Would you in principle call torturing someone for years on end but eventually letting them go free, a lesser crime than a quick death? > State and federal governments have executed innocent people. Very, very few in modern US history, thanks to years of appeals and reviews. Meanwhile, a tremendous number of innocent people serve a large number of years of their life in prison.

hardwaregeek 4y ago

Oh agreed. Death is not a good option. I'm mostly saying that life in prison, especially in American prisons, is not a good one either.

cmsonger 4y ago
Agreed. The US has some weird priorities in my estimation.
edmcnulty101 4y ago

nicoburns 4y ago

I can’t speak for the author, but I would absolutely choose death over life imprisonment if given the choice (assuming a painless method of execution)

Fidgeting0026 4y ago
I'd take the pain anyway.
throwawaaarrgh 4y ago
Some people live most of their lives "imprisoned": maybe they're blind, deaf, paralyzed, have birth defects, chronic pain/illness. But even they value life within limitations. There is always a reason to keep going. Perspective is everything.
- usaphp 4y ago
  I think It’s one thing to be born blind/deaf and never experience life without it, but it’s another when you were free and then went to prison for life/got blind/paralyzed
- nicoburns 4y ago
  I don’t think it’s reasonable to assume that everyone will have the same perspective on this.
ouija 4y ago
You sound like the banker in "The Bet" by Chekhov. I hope nobody makes a bet in this thread. :D

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axiolite 4y ago

> Death is final. Years in prison can't be undone any more than death can. Would you in principle call torturing someone for years on end but eventually letting them go free, a lesser crime than a quick death? > State and federal governments have executed innocent people. Very, very few in modern US history, thanks to years of appeals and reviews. Meanwhile, a tremendous number of innocent people serve a large number of years of their life in prison.