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Originally posted by Grojlach:
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]
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Oh, yes, I certainly know that, but I was merely refuting the "just a few dollars" argument. My answer to the "expense" argument is that it is worth it to get rid of these people, permantly.