[Rick Lee]

There is no such thing as life in prison, as evidenced by sentences several times the length of even the oldest human's life expectancy. When you hear someone is sentenced to 300 yrs., don't you immediately think "Why is that necessary when he has no chance of living past age 85?" It just proves that the only way to prevent recidivism is to kill them. That has a 100% success rate. At least Virginia has no parole, so a life sentence there pretty much guarantees you leave in a box.