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akuma587 on 18 January 2009
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Tyrannical said:
elprincipe said:
For those of you who seem to think it's cheaper to execute someone (as if that is a reasonable argument anyway), here's what you need to know: it's not. Read here:

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty

The main reason it costs more is because of court costs, which are astronomical because of the exhaustive appeals process demanded by the death penalty. You could argue that we should streamline the appeals process, but that is a decidedly uncomfortable argument for most since we already have had people freed from death row due to new evidence (or reexamination of DNA evidence) proving them innocent.

This is just another one of the anti-death penalty lies. Don't be fooled by them.

They wouldn't let you execute someone caught red handed, on tape, with 50 eye witnesses,and DNA evidence,  and a signed confession without the same length appeal.

It is more expensive because the death penalty opponents made it that way. They added unnecessary apeals and processes for the purpose of making the death penalty too expensive.

They just love to talk about cherry picked cases where "oh noes, he could be innocent" and never the cases where the amount of evidence is 100%. How about those we hang those 100% guilties within two weeks of the guilty verdict?

Do you live in the same country I do?  The appeals system is one of the best features of our judicial system.  Ask any appeals judge and they completely support that a prisoner sentenced to death is able to appeal the decision.  It would be a mockery of justice if we didn't let them. 

Its a constitutionally protected right:

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

I seriously hope you get arrested at some point in your life and the prosecutor decides to throw the book at you.  



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