Proof Capital punishment pays...

[scubaman99]

Proof capital punishment pays...

http://www.ktvu.com/tu/5jSFtivff.html

"It cost $385,000 to keep Lundgren incarcerated for 16 years. His execution cost $74.16."

16 years is a LONG time to live... longer then three of the people he killed were old.

"Officials said Lundgren pulled the trigger, killing Dennis Avery, his wife, Cheryl, and their children: Trina, 15; Becky, 13; and Karen, 6. After getting a tip, their bodies were found nine months later

 

[garrett]

actually capital punishment/death penalty is more expensive than keeping a criminal locked up for life.

 

[jim-00-4.6]

actually capital punishment/death penalty is more expensive than keeping a criminal locked up for life.

based on the data above, I assume you mean it's more expensive using something other than money as the measurement metric.

 

[Disco_Stu]

Well as a criminal Justice major who has had to study it ALOT, when they say that execution is more expensive than life they say that because the average number of appeals for death cases is astronomical, compared to the average number of appeals for life cases, which is very rare. Now this tells me that criminals are obviously more affraid of death than life in prison, which is all I need to want to keep the death penalty in place. Besides there is no cost too high to carry out justice

If you take out all court costs than yes it is much cheaper to get rid of filth than it is to feed and shower it till it dies anyways.

 

[bigred]

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If you take out all court costs than yes it is much cheaper to get rid of filth than it is to feed and shower it till it dies anyways.

That's not an option though.

 

[RBBailey]

Well as a criminal Justice major who has had to study it ALOT, when they say that execution is more expensive than life they say that because the average number of appeals for death cases is astronomical, compared to the average number of appeals for life cases, which is very rare. Now this tells me that criminals are obviously more affraid of death than life in prison, which is all I need to want to keep the death penalty in place. Besides there is no cost too high to carry out justice

If you take out all court costs than yes it is much cheaper to get rid of filth than it is to feed and shower it till it dies anyways.

Ya, that's what I was going to point out also. It's not the death penalty that causes the cost to be higher, it is the appeals to the death penalty that ends up costing so much. So, yes, it is realized in real dollars, but it is really a collateral expense as a response to the death penalty, not a direct effect.

 

[garrett]

this is what i was referring to. and you can't "take out" the court costs. as long as we have attorneys, you will have appeals out the ass, which as you know cost millions each.

i don't think criminals of that level (serial murderers, etc) are afraid of much. if there is a 1% chance they can get a positive ruling or loophole in god knows what.......then there is a chance. and for most that is all they need to keep fighting the system.

 

[hairsign]

The death penalty as a deterrent to crime is worthless because of all of the delays in the actual killing of the criminal. If it were to occur swiftly say for example in two to three days then it might have an effect, but then the whole due process would get in the way (Brown v. Mississippi - interrogated/tortured, tried, and sentenced to death in three days - overturned by USSC for obvious reasons). So you can't get your swiftness of punishment without violating the Due Process Clause. Though I think certain people should be put to death I think stuck in a little room for the rest of your life is much worse. I believe you have to be thinking rationally in order to get the deterrent effect of the death penalty, but must people when they are killing their victim are usually not in a state of rational thought at that particular moment. I could be wrong and most of this is just personal observation with a little bit of schooling.