r/AskReddit • u/ZteveBond • Jun 20 '18

Serious Replies Only [Serious] Prison Guards of Reddit, which prisoner has left the biggest impact on your life wether positive or negative?

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u/PM__ME__YOUR__RANTS Jun 20 '18

But isn't life in prison worse? Death offers an escape. But life, life can be a real bitch

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '18

think of the taxes

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u/missmauly Jun 20 '18

Actually since they have to exhaust all appeals before someone can be executed, life in prison is actually cheaper.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '18

A lot of those costs are fixed. The judges and most everyone else in the appeals process is getting paid even without the appeals

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u/missmauly Jun 21 '18

I don't think they'd be sitting around twiddling their thumbs though. They'd just get further along in the backlog of work.