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Originally Posted by blackmonsters
How much money did it take to clean up the cell block after Gaskins killed a man in prison with a bomb?
Do you think we saved some money by killing him instead of letting him plant 10 more bombs in prison?
Forget the "it's not a deterrent" argument, people care about justice.
And killing some of these criminals is justice.
You want to save some money then stop arresting 1 million people for weed.
Then use that money to kill the real criminals who absolutely deserve to die.
EDIT : Gaskins was in fact deterred from making another bomb when he was killed.
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One guy did that. This doesn't happen all the time. If there were a rash of prisoners bombing other prisoners and doing as that guy did using him as an example would hold merit, but he is an isolated case.
Here is a good article on how much the death penalty actually costs. In California alone just housing an inmate on Death Row costs about $90K per year more than a regular inmate. Just housing the Death Row inmates in California costs the state about $63 million dollars per year. Everything about the process is more expensive. The general rule of thumb is that it costs about 10 times as much to execute someone as it does to put them in jail for life.
I understand that for some the costs don't matter and it is about justice.. To me putting someone in prison for life is justice. Maybe I can say that because it wasn't my loved one that was hurt or killed by these people so it is easier for me to be objective about it. In the end we should do what is right for the greater good. A Fox News correspondent once said, "Every time an inmate is executed a school closes." That might be a little dramatic, but I get the point. $63 million a year just to house Death Row inmates could go a long way towards do a lot of good things in the state of California.
Also, I agree with you about pot. Hell, I think all drugs should be legalized. Stop wasting time, money and resources trying to keep people from getting high.