billybobwillyt

billybobwillyt t1_iyb9csr wrote

Many innocent people have spent decades in prison. There are many, many flaws in our justice system. Execution is expensive, but where the money really flows is appeals, legal reviews, years on death row, etc. It's well established that an inmate on death row (on average) costs us far more than someone serving life in prison. The solution (which is really not a solution) would be to immediately execute anyone convicted and condemned to death. That would reduce costs and also drive the number of innocent people murdered by the state up. Not a great option.

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/capital-punishment-or-life-imprisonment-some-cost-considerations

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/76th2011/ExhibitDocument/OpenExhibitDocument?exhibitId=17686&fileDownloadName=h041211ab501_pescetta.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/urls_cited/ot2016/16-5247/16-5247-2.pdf

https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/which-is-cheaper-execution-or-life-in-prison-without-parole-31614

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billybobwillyt t1_iyb6lqc wrote

If there's even a chance an innocent person could be executed, there shouldn't be a death penalty. And if the number of people getting exonerated after years on death row isn't enough for you, try the people that have been exonerated after execution. It's even cheaper to just put them away forever, anyway.

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