The fuck it isn't. Or, more civilly, that is definitely a statement on which reasonable people may disagree.
I'm not particularly depressed, but if I were actually sentenced to life in prison, I would check out in a hot second. There's no point. My opportunities to create joy in the world and to experience unalloyed happiness are done. The rest of my life would be nothing but marking the days and the years until death. It's a waste of good consciousness. I'm opposed to capital punishment because it's irreversible, but I do believe that death is more merciful than life in prison.
That's false. You can do a wide variety of things in prison. You can read books. You can write a book. You can hone skills. You can try to improve the lives of your fellow inmates. Hell, you could write letters to important people advocating change you believe in. Just because you can't see the opportunities that exist in prison doesn't mean they don't exist.
The fuck it isn't. Or, more civilly, that is definitely a statement on which reasonable people may disagree.
I'm not particularly depressed, but if I were actually sentenced to life in prison, I would check out in a hot second. There's no point. My opportunities to create joy in the world and to experience unalloyed happiness are done. The rest of my life would be nothing but marking the days and the years until death. It's a waste of good consciousness. I'm opposed to capital punishment because it's irreversible, but I do believe that death is more merciful than life in prison.