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Ka-pi96 said:
VGPolyglot said:

I don't think you realize this, but life in prison costs less than the death penalty.

I assume that's because of all the bureaucracy and appeals and everything it has to go through? In a case like this where the murderer literally recorded himself doing the murder so there's going to be no doubt over his guilt whatsoever, surely that's got to go through much faster and cheaper?

I doubt it. Apparently right here it says that anyone has the right of an appeal, and if they're getting the death penalty there's no loss in attempting to repeal it:

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-appeals-process-stage-970824