Man Put To Death For 1989 Murder

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(04-20-2018, 09:17 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: Different circumstances.  

Check out all of this evidence that proves that he did it.

If he hadn't been put to death, how many more millions of dollars could this guy have cost us in keeping him in jail, legal fees, etc?

(04-20-2018, 09:27 AM)CKwi88 Wrote: I thought it was pretty well established that sentencing someone to death costs more than sentencing to life imprisonment.

(04-20-2018, 09:31 AM)hollodero Wrote: That seems odd. How comes?

It's cheaper to abolish the death penalty for a number of reasons. Death Penalty cases take longer and have automatic appeals to ensure that the person going on death row is truly guilty. As we've seen, this still does not prevent innocent people from being found guilty.

In addition to that, it costs a lot more to keep someone outside of gen pop on death row than to house them in gen pop. It ends up being that all of these costs end up being more than the average cost of housing a prisoner in gen pop for 30 years (based on the average age of those receiving the death penalty and the average life span of someone in prison).