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Originally posted by Dead13
Peaches, I respect your view, it is very well thought out and your heart is in the right place.
But have you ever looked at the cost of executing someone vs. just keeping them in prison? The cost of executing a person would shock the hell out of you, seems EVERYONE can make a profit.
To be honest I have not seen figures related to the matter in a few years, but when I last checked it cost more to execute someone within a 1 of their sentence (the longer it draws out the more it costs) than it does to keep them in jail for 30 years.
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Interesting! What are the costs involved? The "death row" needing more security? Lawyers?
There's some prison that I hope someone will remember where it is that Bill Mahr broadcast from where it was hot as hell and the prisoners lived in tents and had to do hard labor. One of the groups (ACLU?) was, of course, going after them for inhumane treatment so I don't know if it's still there or not.
But I have to believe the rate of recidivism HAS to be lower when faced with going back where you live in a tent with no AC or TV and actually have to work.
