Many prisoners sentenced with the death penalty often spend decades waiting for their execution. When sentenced with the death penalty, prisoners should not be kept in wait for so long.
The two most notable reasons why death penalty wait time should be shortened are:
1. Prisoners on death row waiting for such a long time usually develop emotional and mental problems. These problems due to the simple wait for their execution could be considered inhumane.
2. Keeping prisoners on death row waiting for so long also is a large drain on the United States' money. Housing and feeding these prisoners when they are going to inevitably be executed is extremely costly when they are waiting for so long.