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Originally Posted by psili
Maybe I'm living in some fantasy world, but doesn't a death-row convict cost more money than just keeping him locked behind bars?
Edit** I'm for chopping off hands and feet of spammers and dropping them in shark-infested waters, so maybe I'm biased toward regular criminals.
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The main reason it costs more to put someone to death is all the legal wrangling that goes on. The death penalty is very much a political tool and since most DA's and judges in this country are elected, they want to push it to make it look like they are tough on crime.
When they seek the death penalty on someone there will be years of legal proceedings that will take place before that person is put to death and those get very expensive very quickly.