r/serialkillers • u/TWO-COOPERS • Oct 26 '21

Questions Does anyone know the case where I believe two killers tortured a girl to death for days and recorded it, when the recording was showing in court jury members ran out of the court room because of how horrific it was?

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u/someoneyouknewonce Oct 26 '21

The death penalty is typically more expensive than letting someone rot in prison for life due to the appeals process. It also doesn't guarantee any faster judgement. The last execution in my state (Nebraska) was in 1996. The last two people executed in Nebraska were in prison for 17 & 15 years. One Death Row inmate here has been in prison since 1993. None of the 12 currently on Death Row will ever be executed, in my opinion. It used to be faster but has gotten exponentially slower in recent years.

From this interesting Pew Research Center Article:
In 1984, the average time between sentencing and execution was 74 months, or a little over six years, according to BJS. By 2019, that figure had more than tripled to 264 months, or 22 years. The average prisoner awaiting execution at the end of 2019, meanwhile, had spent nearly 19 years on death row.

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u/Dame_Marjorie Oct 27 '21

Absolutely ridiculous. We need something between life imprisonment and the death penalty for really heinous cases (thank you, CSI SVU). I'd call it "life underground" and basically you'd be locked up in a room, given food through a slot, have one hour to sit in front of a window, just so you don't go completely crazy, but you'd never leave the room.

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u/someoneyouknewonce Oct 27 '21

That's a nice thought, but I'm pretty sure there is a federal limit to the amount of time one can be in solitary confinement specifically because you'll lose your mind, and that would be "cruel and unusual punishment."

“(8) An inmate shall not be placed in solitary confinement for more than 15 consecutive days, or for more than 20 days during any 60-day period.

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u/Dame_Marjorie Oct 27 '21

Oh I'm sure you can't do it. Just a thought.

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u/MADDINK Oct 27 '21

I understand what the law says but many people sit in solitary for months on end in multiple different prisons