when i was in the joint i met an old black dude with 3 life without the
possibility of parole sentences. 3 counts capital murders and a hell
of a chess player and spade partner. he had faced the electric chair
and i asked him why he would choose the rest of his born days in this
hell hole over death. he said, "son, i don't mind dying....it's just the
idea of being gone so goddamned long that i don't like"