Thought about this while listening to a series about serial killers. But if the crime is proven and it was intense enough to warrant a death sentence why does it take years sometimes decades for them to finally get punished?
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Because there is a lengthy appeals process an individual is entitled to when they are sentenced to death. The state wants to be absolutely sure that an individual deserves to be executed before they execute. Once you pull that lever, you can’t undo it. So they’ll be extra cautious to the point of dragging it on for decades just so that there’s as close to unanimous agreement as possible that an execution is justified.
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