Just to toss a little fuel in the fire, the only reason we have the largest prison system in the world is because when they sentence you to die in the USA you set in prison for another 10 to 12 years on appeals before the final day, if we did like china, korea and all the other 3rd world countries do, verdict in 24 hours later your 6 foot under.
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