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Originally posted by Fletch XXX
They say it costs more to put them to death.
I say they keep him alive for that long so they get the funds to keep him.
'In Los Angeles County, the total cost of capital punishment is $2,087,926.
In Los Angeles County, the total cost of life imprisonment without possibility of parole is $1,448,935.
A study done by the Sacramento Bee argued that California would save $90 million per year if it were to abolish the death penalty.
The average cost of a capital trial in Texas is $2.3 million--three times the cost to incarcerate an individual for 40 years.
The average cost of a capital trial in Florida is $3.2 million. '
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Oh I see how it is...you see news reports and prople running for office always talking about the problem of prison overcrowding but in instances like this I can understand why the politicians never really do anything to try to solve the problem.