Morals of Executions

[Owlix]

There has been good evidence from various US state prison systems that capital punishment (its current implementations anyway) doesn't even have the merit of being financially beneficial. California in fact took billions of dollars worth hit explicitly because of their system of capital punishment.

I don't have any numbers to support this, but wouldn't killing people who have been sentenced to life in prison be more cost effective than supporting them to old age with food, shelter, medication, entertainment (tvs) etc? just a thought.

If that was the case you'd be absolutely right.
But if that was the case there'd also be the argument "Why bother with lethal injection? A bullet costs a quarter".... the process is what's so expensive. Trial, pre trial, sentencing, in addition to the actual time their in prison. But to my knowledge death row doesn't mean 'You are sentenced to death!' and shuffled off for your last meal and haircut. There's time involved there, although I haven't researched the typical prison time someone spends before actually getting executed.

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Although I didn't know it was quite like this...

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/time-death-row

And I wonder how many on death row were given this punishment for something involuntary..... alternately, on death row and didn't even kill anyone.