Prisons, Torture and the Death Penalty: On Angela Y

The two longest serving death row inmates were originally sentenced to death over thirty years ago in 1983 and 1984. Id. The average time an inmate served on death row between his original sentence and his execution was 11.8 years, 13.1 years if the “volunteers” are not included in the calculation. See . Appendix C, infra. ................
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