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To: one_less who wrote (3692)3/20/2002 1:39:25 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 21057
 
"Currently, about 3,565 prisoners reside on death row." ....It becomes painfully obvious that most of these people are probably not in prison for first time offenses.

Excuse me, Jewel? Why does it "become" "painfully obvious" that most of the people are probably not in prison for first time offenses? I do not know the statistics on that; but your statement struck me as rather mystical. Is it because of the two fives?