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Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

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Is the Death Penalty Doing More Harm Than Good? Is the death penalty waisting rehabilitated criminals by executing them? In January of 2016, there were 2,943 death row inmates, that's more about 1,440 more people that died on the prison system, endure long, cruel wait times, and each and every one of them cost taxpayers thousands of dollars. In 2011 the average gap between sentencing, and execution was 16.5 years, some convicts won't make it to the execution chamber, because they die of natural causes first. That within itself is cruel, and unusual, but when you add the forced isolation, and deterioration in mental health, it gets worse. Prisoners sentenced to execution spend 22 hours a day alone in their cells. They get 2 hours, 6 days
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