How VERY interesting!

[KestrelBike]

http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=42

250 million per execution in California. Thats a lot more than life without parole.

Think about it, 250 million to kill someone. What a joke.

What the....... Where does that money even go???? (Lol we all know the answer really, it's rife corruption) I get by on between 25k and 50k a year and live a hell of a lot more lavishly than a death row inmate. Assuming I live another 50 years, that's 2.5 million. What the F are they doing to increase the cost 25 fold? (Assuming it takes 20 years to finally execute someone)

[jackthewall81]

What the....... Where does that money even go???? (Lol we all know the answer really, it's rife corruption) I get by on between 25k and 50k a year and live a hell of a lot more lavishly than a death row inmate. Assuming I live another 50 years, that's 2.5 million. What the F are they doing to increase the cost 25 fold? (Assuming it takes 20 years to finally execute someone)

Lawyers, judges, protection, appeals, court costs, court costs, court costs, transportation, and finally the execution. Very expensive shit.

[buckshotbarlow]

i'm bald with this kind of logic

[jackthewall81]

What the....... Where does that money even go???? (Lol we all know the answer really, it's rife corruption) I get by on between 25k and 50k a year and live a hell of a lot more lavishly than a death row inmate. Assuming I live another 50 years, that's 2.5 million. What the F are they doing to increase the cost 25 fold? (Assuming it takes 20 years to finally execute someone)

Here is what the article says.

• The California death penalty system costs taxpayers more than $114 million a year beyond the cost of simply keeping the convicts locked up for life. (This figure does not take into account additional court costs for post-conviction hearings in state and federal courts, estimated to exceed several million dollars.)
  
• With 11 executions spread over 27 years, on a per execution basis, California and federal taxpayers have paid more than $250 million for each execution.
  
• It costs approximately $90,000 more a year to house an inmate on death row, than in the general prison population or $57.5 million annually.
  
• The Attorney General devotes about 15% of his budget, or $11 million annually to death penalty cases.
  
• The California Supreme Court spends $11.8 million on appointed counsel for death row inmates.
  
• The Office of the State Public Defender and the Habeas Corpus Resource Center spend a total of $22.3 million on defense for indigent defendants facing death.
  
• The federal court system spends approximately $12 million on defending death row inmates in federal court.
  
• No figures were given for the amount spent by the offices of County District Attorneys on the prosecution of capital cases, however these expenses are presumed to be in the tens of millions of dollars each year.

[sniper7]

I could fix that cost pretty damn easy!

[Teufelhund]

What's the going rate for a length of stout rope? I hear it's reusable.

[HBARleatherneck]

What's the going rate for a length of stout rope? I hear it's reusable.

everyone deserves a NEW rope. We should have an abundance of hemp soon.

a guy kills people in chuck e cheese, is captured on video and we pay to feed him for nearly 20 years now. fuck that, give him a neck tie party. and do it now.

[TFOGGER]

If the death penalty were actually the death penalty instead of the endless-appeals-at-the-expense-of-the-taxpayers sentence, it would be a lot less expensive overall. In addition, a death penalty with some actual teeth might act as a deterrent. As it stands, a murderer sentenced to death knows he has at least 16 more years to live. He'll be in prison, but he won't have to share a cell. He'll be on lockdown 23 hours a day, but he won't have to face the hazards of general population. Where is the deterrent in that? Life without parole is even more useless. If we know that the convict is never going to be released, why would we continue to support them for the next 30, 40, 50, or even 60 years?

[mikedubs]

My view is this: all human beings have the potential to be good, worthwhile additions to this social agreement we call civilization. Whether it's through upbringing, surroundings, sheer arrogance, whatever, if you intentionally kill a person and show no remorse (exempting justifiable homicide), you have shown you have no intention of living by the rules and have forfeited your right to live in society, and should be removed quickly.

[waxthis]

everyone deserves a NEW rope. We should have an abundance of hemp soon.

a guy kills people in chuck e cheese, is captured on video and we pay to feed him for nearly 20 years now. fuck that, give him a neck tie party. and do it now.

I agree! Murderers in open and shut cases like that need to be executed within 10 days. 10 days will be plenty of time to set up PPV, of which, all proceeds will go to the medical bills of victims.