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Old 18-10-2020, 07:57 AM #6
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Originally Posted by LaLaLand View Post
How come there’s such a massive space of time between conviction and death penalty? Always wondered.

Like some people are literally on “Death Row” for decades and decades.
They go through loads of appeals and things I think so it takes time, each time an appeal is dismissed they launch another. You usually find that even on the day of execution they are in court trying to stop it until a final decision is made.
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