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Old 05-15-2015, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Spikearoni View Post
The reality is that it costs the taxpayer more money to sentence a criminal to death than to keep him/her in prison for life due to the cost of incarceration coupled with legal fees and costs for the appeals process. Therefore if one is primarily interested in saving the taxpayer money, life imprisonment is the way to go.

I've heard that many times, but I've never seen any numbers to back it up. Do you know where that statement comes from?

I don't see a problem either way. I don't think that he'l last very long in prison anyway. A needle in the arm might be more humane.
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