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Originally posted by Attalus:
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Originally posted by Jeffi0:
. It might cost the jail a few dollars a day for him, but what is that? The government rakes in billions each year, so supporting an entire jail might be the same as if a average businessman lived and payed taxes in another country. Not much money is lost. Like I said earlier, we didn't give him life so we shouldn't take it away.
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Actually, in Texas it costs between $50,000 and $60,000 per year to keep one person in prison. All of those buildings, guards, walls, etc., cost a LOT. Whereas, a graveyard plot costs about $50 a year. Nice and cheap. I agree with MagiK that some things are so evil that they cry out for anger and hatred. But, then, I am not a moral relevist.[/QUOTE]Attalus, you *do* know that applying the death penalty to a person in the US is actually more expensive than to put him in jail for the rest of his life? Because of the expensive investigations, appeals, lawyers, you name it...
I think we've had this discussion before (about 45 times, IIRC
), but I believe I've posted a link with the proof to back up my previous statement here on Ironworks about a year ago... I'll look it up one of these days if I get around to it. [img]smile.gif[/img]
[ 11-20-2002, 07:08 PM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]