(October 13, 2011 at 11:06 pm)Phaedra Wrote:(October 13, 2011 at 10:58 pm)aleialoura Wrote: Because good people have to pay for the boxes.
Good people have to pay for the executions too.
And the cost is surprisingly high, Phae.
http://www.parade.com/news/intelligence-...hment.html
Quote:In New Jersey, which halted executions in 2007, a commission found that switching a single condemned inmate’s sentence to life without parole would save the state $1.3 million in incarceration costs alone, because death-row inmates receive special housing and security. Repealing the death penalty in North Carolina, where 169 prisoners are on death row, could save that state $11 million a year in incarceration costs and legal fees associated with the extensive appeals process, according to a study published in American Law and Economics Review in December.