Debatepoint: death penalty

'death penalty'

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by metric on 2005-01-03 03:49:59

From an economical point of view, it is cheaper to put on an execution than to house a prisoner for life.

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by anonymous on 2005-04-21 05:07:17

yeah!

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by metric on 2005-01-03 03:51:08

With mandatory appeals and enhanced procedural and evidentiary requirements for capital cases in the USA, the cost of a death penalty case far exceeds (usually by a factor of ten) the cost of a trial and life imprisonment.

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