Do you support the death penalty?

[Flilix]

numberwang said:

Flilix said:

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty

seeking the death penalty in Oklahoma "incurs significantly more time, effort, and costs on average, as compared to when the death penalty is not sought in first degree murder cases." The report—prepared by Seattle University criminal justice professors Peter A. Collins and Matthew J. Hickman and law professor Robert C. Boruchowitz, with research support by Alexa D. O’Brien—determined that, on average, Oklahoma capital cases cost 3.2 times more than non-capital cases.

 

Capital cases trials are more expensive, not the act of execution.

Numerous mistakes happen in these trials. If less money was spent on them, it would be even worse.