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Originally Posted by Bolide
Actually that's a misconception. In a lot of ways, the death penalty is more expensive than a life sentence so in all actuality, you're paying more taxes for those on death row than those on life imprisonment. Not to mention the death penalty is often not viewed as a deterrent to violent crimes to begin with. Check out these two sources for more info on that...
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The death penalty would sure as hell deter me lol. Actually, believe it or not, it is more expensive to keep them in prison, that people never consider. I love this topic....I did 6 years of Criminal Justice in college. If its one thing professors like to talk about, its the results of throwing everyone in prison. Some judges are jail happy, some aren't...but there are far too many that are. There are so many other options out there, but the most popular is still jail. The major problem with that (and what makes jail more expensive)? One word....."over-population". The prisons are over-populated, causing major issues in some states (i.e., NV). Over-population results in a higher costs. More programs to accomodate the higher # of prisoners, more guards, and research and actions that are needed to try to find a solution to what they will do with all these people. In NV, there are prisoners outside of cells, sleeping in portable beds laid in the hall. Security problem? They run out of cells all the time, so they are forced to come up with solutions like that.
What they should do is just start sending them all to the moon, and let the moon become one big butt-buddy farm! Might help solve world over-population as well
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