Guys,try this question please. Why do many criminals choose life in prison by pleading guilty instead of death?

i was in prison for almost 19 years

and to me prison life was so much easier than living free

prison is not what movies makes it out to be it is basically the same as being free but you don't have any bills to worry about ,you don't have to worry about the bill collectors ,you don't have to worry about if you are not going to get to eat a good meal tonight , you don't have to have medical insurance, and you get a better education in prison than you do on the streets and its free. but the only down side is that you cant leave if you want too and you have to shave $hit and shower when somebody tells you too you just sit around all day playing cards watching tv and shooting the breeze.now who wouldn't want that

the cigarettes and grocery's are cheaper in prison and you free cloths and boots and you even have somebody wash them for you

my father was on death row for 11 years before he rode the lighting

now he went through torture knowing that the next appeal might be his last .

First of all, as long as you're alive, you have a possibility of release or escape. That's enough for most people.

Second, being sentenced to death costs several times more than living 30 years in prison (after about 12 years of appeals for even a marginally satisfactory answer to that 'shadow of a doubt' regarding any capital crime), so maybe you just want to do the taxpayers a favor?

Even if you'd rather die than sit in prison, you'd probably rather do it on your own terms, so you might opt for suicide in prison.

B/c people learn to live with the life that they are given. So they get used to being in jail and dealing with the surroundings there to them it's no big deal. Some of them even find it easier to deal w/ life on the inside b/c there are set rules and regulations and they need that constant reinforcement. So to them it isn't a horrible life- it's just life. And until one is staring the grim reaper in the face, so to speak, no one can ever say if they would rather die than live. People are more comfortable w/ what they know and they know life and jail. They don't know death.

It's amazing what people can get used to. Some guys actually maintain a semblance of a life in prison. They've got drugs, Cable TV, books, occasional conjugal visits, and some guys even seem to enjoy the homosexuality. Doesn't sound like my cup of tea but I guess it beats a dirt nap.

You rambel alot. Some people would rather that God judge them, some people are afraid of going to hell. I don't understand why anyone would ever just kill one person myself. I don't think I would ever kill anyone, but, if I ever did, I certainly would not stop until they shot me. Of course then again, I consider myself a good and decent person, most criminals are not good and decent people, a lot of them are demented and sick. They are probably afraid of what their fate would be if they were put to death. This world is filled with corrupt, ignorant, self centered individuals!!!

Either way I heard that if you get death there are so many people already in line that it takes years and years, and end up it being life anyway.

Most people are afraid of death, and will do nearly anything rather than face their fear.