# Life insurance

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-insurance/601505>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 1, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-insurance/601505 "2011-11-01T15:28:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bannedit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Bannedit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bannedit)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-insurance/601505/1 "2011-11-01T15:28:48Z")

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If someone has a life insurance policy and are then sentenced to death, does the policy pay out upon execution?

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**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-insurance/601505/2 "2011-11-01T15:54:37Z")

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The master speaks: [Would life insurance be paid out on someone executed for a crime? Can death row inmates get life insurance? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2746/would-life-insurance-be-paid-out-on-someone-executed-for-a-crime)