• prole
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    46 months ago

    Once again: it is cheaper to house a prisoner for life than to execute one.

    • @sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      -16 months ago

      It’s only cheaper because of the enormous costs and inefficiencies baked into our justice system. The costs of executing someone come down to court costs, not the tangible resources that the prisoner takes up.

      Funny enough, a lot of these appeals and investigations only cost so much and go on for so long because of the initial poor quality of police actions.

      It’s like being released after 20 years on DNA evidence that was never checked initially, or where someone was convicted of rape but never positively identified by the accuser. A procedural fuckup costs millions blown in court, prison, and settlement costs.

      • @Jagger2097@lemmy.world
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        16 months ago

        So your argument is that we should make state sanctioned murder faster and have fewer appeals? Perhaps those low quality Police officers should just be empowered to… oh fuck we already did that