Title: Why does it take so long to execute someone on death row? - Quora
Headings: Why does it take so long to execute someone on death row?
Why does it take so long to execute someone on death row?
Jamie Scoverski
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Content: It would be at least one calendar year before someone who decided to forgo the appeals process MIGHT be executed, with 1–3 years being more likely if the person’s mental health isn’t in question. As far the other reasons: There’s a lengthy appeals process - Death Row inmates can often appeal their sentence and their verdict for many years and so they do in some cases. An example of this was Gary Alvord in Florida who spent 39 years on death row and died there at age 66. The court process moves slowly - An inmate or someone who is representing him or her files an appeal or motion and it takes weeks or months for the appropriate court to answer it. This could be “streamlined”; however doing so might violate the rights of the inmate and potentially lead to the execution of an innocent person. Inmates have little interest in being executed - It’s not as if people are lining up for executions. Death Row inmates will do everything that they can to prevent or delay their execution and they frequently do so. This stretches into years and often decades.