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He'll probably serve a fraction of that :(

• rdl 13y ago
  Yeah, he'll probably die sometime before the end of the sentence. I'm mostly ok with that. (It's going to be really weird if life extension tech becomes pervasive, and can't be denied to inmates. People who were sent away for 200-300 years, thinking that would be "well more than life" might end up released after...200-300 years in prison. That's going to be...interesting.)
  • mathattack 13y ago
    Imagine what 200-300 years in prison will do to someone. Would they be totally serene, or completely psychotic? The cost of prison goes up dramatically if people are there for hundreds of years. I think society might reconsider the death penalty. (In addition to moral reasons, one decision for not pursuing the death penalty is the cost - the cases drag on for so long that it's usually cheaper to put someone in jail for life.)
    • rdl 13y ago
      I still think the most moral "terminal" punishment is some form of exile. I wonder if by the time we have 500-1000+ year lifespan, we'd also have some form of exile available (long slow trips to far away parts of the solar system?). I think this has been the theme of lots of sci fi.