04-20-2018, 09:59 AM
(04-20-2018, 09:54 AM)CKwi88 Wrote: Somebody more knowledgeable about the law can correct me, but I think it's because when a death sentence is passed it triggers automatic appeals that can go all the way to SCOTUS.
Yea there is the cost to prosecute, handle appeals, and also the housing costs on death row are approximately 90k more per year from one thing I read. In the end almost every study on the subject says it is cheaper to house them for life over attempting to execute them, but in the end people want their pound of flesh.
