 I have always asserted that life in a maximum prison is far worse than the death penalty.
The one thing the article doesn't address is how many of these prisoners went INTO the system with serious mental afflictions. It's not as if super-max is driving ALL of them mad - some of them went IN that way. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Conservatism: Self-centered mean-spiritedness fueled by ignorance and misguided self-importance.
Bigotry is a social disease.
Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes. - David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage."
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