Quote Originally Posted by nathansfmachine wrote on Sat, 16 May 2015 13:08
I am not in favour of the death penalty but on the other hand I am not a parent of the 8 year old he slaughtered! The money spent on keeping him for the next 50/60 years in nick would be definitely better spent elsewhere.
Quote Originally Posted by surge wrote on Sat, 16 May 2015 10:26
Apparently it's more expensive to murder them than keep them locked up for x years.
Quote Originally Posted by nathansfmachine wrote on Sat, 16 May 2015 10:13
Not that I'm happy with it coming down to finances.
The most surprising countries that have retained the death penalty are places like Japan, India, Jamaica but I'm fairly sure neither they (or anyone else who has retained it) do so so they can spend the money on charity or the public sector. If I had to guess I'd say the money "saved" is probably spent on the process of killing more criminals.