I'm aware of the appeals process and all..but doesn't that process occur too with life sentence cases?
Why does the death penalty cost more than life in prison?
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I think they're limited in some places to 3 appeals. The whole point is an attempt to prevent an innocent person from being executed.
death penalty they can appeal many, many more times at taxpayer expense.
> best of 5
heh, I like that -- run 3 trials in parallel, majority wins!
> best of 5
heh, I like that -- run 3 trials in parallel, majority wins!
Says who?
you mean to tell me that it costs more to kill a person than keep a person a live for the rest of his life. I find that very hard to beleive.
I remember from my government class that the statistic that it costs more to put a prisoner to death than life in prison is very very very rare. If a defendant loses a case and wants to appeal, he can appeal that he had an unjust trial, and then a committee will review is his appeal and only in something like 2% of cases does the committee agree to give him a new trial. And then in about 2% of thosecases are there actually reversals of the previous decision.
I doubt very much that this is what you wanted to say originally.
Maybe you could rephrase your thoughts?
You're much likely to get an appeal if you've been given a death sentence, both for the actual conviction, and for the sentence. Oh, and also trials for death sentenced are more elaborate too.
Says EVERYBODY. I thought this was common knowledge.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/cost.html
EDIT: here's another:
How the Death Penalty is Killing America
I stand corrected. Didn't know.
Don't get me wrong, that is good news to me. I am against the death penalty due to its hypacritical nature.
the costs of dealth penalty would be lowered if they just hang em at high noon the next day, back in the old days
the problem is that minorities typically are given the death penalty disproportionately to whites
if you want a indisputable positive net gain for each death penalty, you could look at china's system... where they shoot the prisoner in the head and take his organs, whether he wanted to donate them or not
but we don't live in a police state. yet.
the problem is that minorities typically are given the death penalty disproportionately to whites
if you want a indisputable positive net gain for each death penalty, you could look at china's system... where they shoot the prisoner in the head and take his organs, whether he wanted to donate them or not
but we don't live in a police state. yet.
i think we should keep the death penalty. you shouldn't lower the bar for justice just because it saves money.
I am only against the death penalty cause they use it too frequently and in light of modern DNA eveidence screw it up toooo often.
There are people, multiple murderes that should be put to death, but since they are such a minority of actual homicides I can live with leaving them in the can
til they expire
There are people, multiple murderes that should be put to death, but since they are such a minority of actual homicides I can live with leaving them in the can
til they expire
I wonder if you didn't do the crime but end up on death row or got life, in which case would you be more likely to be set free.
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