The very rare “wrong” (and yes, it is inevitable) is balanced by the societal satisfaction/retribution/justice of getting rid of Ted Bundy and similar, terrorists like Timothy McVeigh and similar, and family annihilators like John List and other egregious murderers rather than have them hang around painting pictures and enjoying another 40 years of life on the taxpayers dime. - Goofy

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I have no problem with the death penalty but the process takes far too long, and at great expense to taxpayers and great angst for victims families. That said, I could get behind a "life without parole" outcome if that sentence met certain criteria. Someone suggested a well defined process with two automatic appeals and perhaps some mental exams. That seems reasonable as long as they are complete and conclusions drawn within two years of sentencing.

If no relief from your appeals, then its off to NDE Prison for you. What is NDE Prison? It Near Death Experience prison, a specialized prison housing only those so sentenced. The idea is you will not be executed but your experience will be as death like as possible while you wait.

Day in the life: 8x10 cell, concrete commode, sink, bed slab. 23 hours in, eat in your cell, one hour out by yourself to the exercise yard every day. One day a week use that day for your shower. No visitors except for your legal counsel. That includes your family, because you are effectively dead. Set in your cell the rest of the time, no books, no hobby supplies, no information from the outside world, go crazy if you must, you are gone from our society.

This life without parole sentence sounds way worse than death to me, so I can get behind the NDE prison movement plus it would make the process more predictable and efficient and with more consistent outcomes. Fun to speculate isn't it.