[plthijinx]

it may be about reducing crime, but, and i speak from experience, being locked up for life is way worse than the death penalty. when someone commits a heinous crime worthy of the death penalty then make sure they get life. am i for the death penalty? in a way yes and no. sitting in solitary waiting for your day on the bed is one thing...but being locked up until the day you naturally die is another. it is a seemly endless wait. now i had a friend that only had a 4 year sentence but he died after i left south texas. his sentence turned into a life sentence. he had 6 months left to go to freedom. but thanks to tdcj and their exquisite medical staff he had a ruptured appendix and died from it. they sent him back to his dorm knowing something was wrong. i'm getting off key here but yeah, do away with the death penalty. it;s cheaper for the state and longer for the inmate. being locked up sucks balls.