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All sentences are a one-way door. You don't get years of your life back, or the skills that atrophy in jail if you had any before.
by whatshisface 2y ago
All sentences are a one-way door. You don't get years of your life back, or the skills that atrophy in jail if you had any before.
- immibis 2y agoIndeed. But a death penalty can't even give you back your remaining ones once you're found innocent, so it's worse in some sense.
- gostsamo 2y agoIf you are sentenced falsely, would you liked to be killed or you would choose to spend some time in jail and be released when proved innocent? What you are giving here is really false equivalence which contributes absolutely nothing to the conversation.
- lazide 2y agoAre we talking life sentences, or a year or two?
- hnlmorg 2y agoIf I have to spend 20+ years then my life as I know it is over because there’s no way I’m coming out the same person that went in.
- potsandpans 2y agoGiven the choice of 15+ years in maximum security US prison or death, id unequivocally choose death.
- qingcharles 2y agoNot even sentences. I've known multiple people who have been incarcerated over a decade on allegations in pre-trail detention ("jail"). You don't need a sentence to lose years of your life.