execution for someone who is genuinely guilty. With due process, appeals
etc, it takes about 10 years. Then factor in the costs of the appeals up to
the Supreme Court, as well as how much it costs on a per prisoner basic for
maximum security confinement, etc that the process would cost. In the end it
cost more to execute someone than to give them a life sentence. You can work
out the costs yourself with public data.
Maximum security typically costs $35,000 to $75,000 per year. Over a
prisoner's sentence they typically move to institutions of lower and lower
security.
larry
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:36 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Yeah!!
> Based on what I've read, due to our legal system it:
> 1.) actually costs more
I'm just wondering how this works...
You don't have the death penalty, you have to pay for the person to be in
prison for 25+ years, this includes food, water, clothing, guards, property
for the prison (the space could be used for another prisoner), other
"amenities" to give them a value of life (which I've never
understood)
You get from them some menial labor, like license plates and cleaning up
trash...
Now, if you DO have the death penalty, you only have to pay for them during
the time upto their execution, and then the execution itself
So, how can 20+ years of keeping them in prison cost more than the
execution? Unless someone is REALLY ripping off the state, then you're gonna
save Millions, aren't you?
I'm not pro or anti execution, just anti the way we "pander" to criminals
who are in prisons
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