There are some men on California’s Death Row at San Quentin who were sentenced in the early 1980’s and their appeals are still not exhausted. In fact, they’re no closer to an execution date than when they arrived. They will almost certainly die of old age in prison.
I’ve heard it said that if you want to have the best chance of living for another 30 or 40 years, you should get yourself onto Death Row in certain states.