text: isn't life in prison without chance of parole worse than the death penalty?   i have to agree with blue sky. i just finished a 30 year sentence for armed robbery, and during that period of time i studied alot of criminal law and prisoners rights literature. there are alot of innocent people serving time in prison for crimes they didn't commit. a number of them were freed right off of death row. i think it was the governor of illinois who not too long ago put a moratorium on executions after he was forced to pardon a fairly large number of obviously innocent prisoners on death row.