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Originally Posted by suesheboy
#1 large numbers on death row have been proven innocent
#2 It cost more to kill someone in the US
#3 Making someone live to regret their action is far more punishment than a quick lights out. They should work the rest of their lives to pay the family for what they have done.
#4 The death penalty does not lower murder rates (I know it doesn't allow the same guy to kill again).
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You are so right on every point.
Lock them up for life and save the tax payers a bundle. Super long story short, it cost way, way, way, too much to put someone to death in this country.
Im all for an "eye for an eye" and equal justice. But if you actually calculated what it costs the state to kill someone versus to house them for life, you would be shocked. Yea, i know "bullets are cheap," but it will cost the state a shit load to fire that cheap bullet. Death sentences do not make fiscal sense for any state.
Did this debate competitively in college and in moot court in law school. I know every detail of both sides of this debate.
