If you are an American prisoner on death row, you should pray that your state governor loses the next election.
Lame duck governors – those about to leave because they have failed to win re-election or have served the maximum terms their states allow – are far more likely to commute a death sentence than those continuing in office, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research study.
Governors are not the only ones who use the time between stepping down and their successors’ inauguration to defy popular opinion and let someone off.
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