as a former corrections officer, i have spent a lot of time behind the fence, and i can surely testify that if i were ever in a position of knowing i would either get life without parole or the "needle", i would ask for the needle and ask that it be administered as quickly as possible.
to know that i had 15 or 20 yrs or more of just being in a 6 x 8 cell 23 hours a day, 7 days a week would drive me crazy.
hopefully, i will never be in that position, but i just know that deep within me, i could not tolerate the life sentence. Yes, i would still be alive, but visitation by family is very restricted on death row. You have no semblance of a sane and rational life. even in general population, where you have many more freedoms, would be intolerable for me.
heaven forbid, i ever wind up in that spot, but if i do...ice me!!!! (quickly)