It doesn't work as a deterrent and is more expensive than life in prison. My biggest point against it though is would you trust this government with the power to kill you?
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It doesn't work as a deterrent and is more expensive than life in prison. My biggest point against it though is would you trust this government with the power to kill you?
How is hanging someone more expensive than keeping them in prison for life?Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
The cost of going for a death penalty trial is a lot more expensive to begin with.
This from a cost of death penalty website.
A Seattle University study examining the costs of the death penalty in Washington found that each death penalty case cost an average of $1 million more than a similar case where the death penalty was not sought ($3.07 million, versus $2.01 million). Defense costs were about three times as high in death penalty cases and prosecution costs were as much as four times higher than for non-death penalty cases.
Then you have lengthy appeals which cost a shitload which means the majority of prisoners on death row end up dying in prison of natural courses anyway.
You cant just lynch people these days.
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty
Last edited by Charlie; 23-11-17 at 16:10. Reason: added link
According to figures in the US, cases without the death penalty cost $740,000, while cases where the death penalty is sought cost $1.26 million. Maintaining each death row prisoner costs taxpayers $90,000 more per year than a prisoner in general population.
How many people convicted and sent down for "life" have subsequently had their convictions quashed?
Search Timothy Evans, Derek Bentley, George Kelley....
Suzanne Holdsworth served three years of a life sentence for killing a child..before forensic evidence proved her innocence and she was subsequently released.
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