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Comment by DosUser88

15 days ago

$1 million isn't expensive compared to 20-30 years in prison in the US.

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selcuka  14 days ago

People executed in the first half of 2025 spent an average of 24 years on death row. In practice, it's a life sentence plus execution. I believe the $1-3M figure is on top of this.

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