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QuoteIs it primarily the time spent in court during appeals, etc. that raises the cost or is there something else involved with a death sentence and execution that raises the costs so significantly?
It's mostly the (mandatory, in most places) extra legal reviews, as well as the (optional, but almost always pursued) appeals. But there is also additional cost involved with keeping prisoners on death row (which is more expensive than "normal" prison), and with the actual executions.
More info (from both slants):
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty
http://www.fnsa.org/v1n1/dieter1.html
http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/DP.html
http://www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/death-penalty-facts/death-penalty-cost/page.do?id=1101084
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/COcosttestimony.pdf
Yes he should be killed. Many of the victim's family members should be allowed to snipe him, but not at vital areas so that he may have a slower, more painful death.QuoteNews:
DC sniper Muhammad set to die by lethal injectionSource: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BJIG986#at
The mastermind of the 2002 Washington, DC-area sniper attacks will die by lethal injection next month.
John Allen Muhammad is scheduled to be executed Nov. 10 for the October 2002 slaying of Dean Meyers at a gas station during a string of shootings.
The three-week killing spree in October 2002 left 10 dead in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia...
What say you, death penalty opponents? Should we spare his life because he might be deemed innocent in the future?
He was not a sniper, he shot people at close range from a concealed position inside the trunk of a car.
No sniping occurred.
No sniping occurred.
I'm extremely uninformed in regard to the costs involved with a life sentence vs. death sentence/execution. My initial opinion upon reading the question would have been "I sure as hell don't want to pay for them to take care of the guy for the next 50 or 60 years" but I'm intrigued to learn about the difference in cost for keeping a prisoner vs. killing one.
Is it primarily the time spent in court during appeals, etc. that raises the cost or is there something else involved with a death sentence and execution that raises the costs so significantly?
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