(May 24, 2014 at 7:39 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Actually, I've read that (in the US, at least) it costs quite a bit more to execute someone that to keep them locked up for life.
Boru
The numbers I've seen in studies for TN was that a case pursuing the death penalty is at least 48% more costly than one that pursues life in prison. Not to mention the high cost of lethal injection (or what have you) in comparison to life imprisonment.
(May 24, 2014 at 9:06 pm)A Theist Wrote: Hmmm...Tennessee's bringing back the electric chair? More power to 'em.
Was that an electric bill joke? Or are you serious?