November 5th, 2014 at 2:23 AM
It's symbolic to society though. I'm always surprised at how people who face life in prison still have such a strong will to live. People don't want to die, and I don't think prison necessarily changes that. Then again, I've seen people that have been on death row for a mere year or so, and that's not long enough in my opinion. But hey, tax dollars get wasted on this stuff.