(November 1, 2013 at 3:14 am)bennyboy Wrote:(November 1, 2013 at 2:53 am)Sejanus Wrote: Point taken, but it seems to me the death penalty system is grossly inefficient; Are they using fucking diamond encrusted needles or something? If they steamlined the system to reduce court fees, perhaps it could be viable.Right. How much does a length of rope cost? Or a bullet?
The cost of the death penalty is clearly moral, not financial.
We were simply arguing the financial merits of execution vs life without parole, not the morality of them.