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Old 10-14-2022, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 View Post
Now that was good news.

Not sure how long an inmate waits on death row here in Florida for his or her execution? Probably a very long time. Time on Death Row | Death Penalty Information Center
Too long. Bureau of Justice stats below:

"BJS’s June 2021 annual death penalty review found that 2,570 prisoners were under sentence of death in the custody of 29 states and the U.S. federal government as of December 31, 2019, down 2.1% from the 2,626 prisoners on death row at the end of 2018. BJS reports that 2019 was the nineteenth consecutive year in which the number of prisoners on the nation’s death row declined, down by more than a thousand since reaching a peak of 3,601 in 2000." (death penalty info dot org)

I've long been of the opinion that every cell in every prison should come equipped with a curtained-off alcove area equipped with a rope and a strong crossbar. Any convict (not just death row inmates) wishing for an early exit could take it. Probably save Joe Taxpayer a bleepload of money.