• Rikudou_SageA
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    13 hours ago

    In the US where they decided to make the punitive system for-profit?

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      5 hours ago

      No. It’s more that they have higher costs and it averages out around 20 years. So it’s close to the average length of a life sentence except if they’re young. It’s only real cheap if you have a kangaroo court and just shoot people.