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No take backs on execution. If (as too frequently is the case) original conviction is over turned you can say sorry and let the lifer out of prison.

• kethinov 12y ago
  Can't get those years spent in prison back after a false conviction either.
  • eric_h 12y ago
    Agreed - you can't reinstate a life, nor can you reinstate some fraction of a life. If the justice system fucks up and convicts an innocent man, it can't be undone, the damage is permanent. (Not saying Mr. Ulbricht is innocent, the evidence suggests otherwise, but still...)
  • njharman 12y ago
    Don't be dense. That's obvious. Equally obvious is that you can give back the future years innocent would have spent in prison. Unlike how you can't give back the future years of someone you killed