03-10-2009, 01:22 PM
Quote:Hi,
I've often said that if a doctor gave me six months to live, I'd commit a capital crime. My life expectancy on death row would statistically be an order of magnitude longer.;)
--Pete
Freakonomics points out that in the 1980s (maybe 1990s) a gang member in Chicago had a shorter life expectancy than a person on death row.