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You are correct in summation only but the true figures are substantially higher. It typically costs taxpayers around $50 a day to house one inmate. So someone sitting in prison for 30-40 years is closer to $500,000 to $700,000 and to put the inmate to death is usually between $3 or $4 million dollars. So it is definitely cheaper to keep them alive and rotting in a cell. The unfortunate thing is they haven't yet connected him with any murders past the time in which the Death Penalty was inacted here. I don't believe the Death Penalty should be handed out freely but in this case I think he should.
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