1 Heart failure costs are projected to more than double in the next 20 years as the U.S. population ages and the incidence of the condition climbs. 2  By 2030, every U.S. taxpayer could be paying $244 each year for heart failure expenses. Heart failure costs are projected to more than double in the next 20 years as the U.S. population ages and the incidence of the condition climbs. 2  By 2030, every U.S. taxpayer could be paying $244 each year for heart failure expenses.
Chain gang. A chain gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. Such punishment might include repairing buildings, building roads, or clearing land. This system existed primarily in the Southern United States, and by 1955 had been phased out nationwide, with Georgia the last state to abandon the practice. Chain gangs were reintroduced by a few states during the get tough on crime 1990s, with Alabama being the first state to revive them in 1995. The experiment ended after about one year in all states except Arizona, where in Maricopa County inmates can still volunteer for a chain gang to earn credit toward a high school diploma or avoid disciplinary lockdowns for rule infractions.
It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because three of its members were brothers; it should however be noted that not all of the gang members came from the Dalton family, and not all of the Dalton brothers were in the gang. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. During an attempted bank robbery in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1892, two of the brothers and two other gang members were killed; Emmett survived to be tried and convicted. He was paroled after serving 14 years in prison.