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Originally Posted by muttonglutton
If it didn't cost time, money, space, or effort ot keep criminals in jail, then the death penalty wouldn't be an issue. Why kill them? Just throw them into the criminal box and close the lid, take them out in twenty years. But it doesn't work like that. There is money involved, and morals often take a back seat to dollar signs.
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Excellent, then once I can show you that it costs more to execute a criminal than it does to jail them for life, you'll change your opinion. I like that. Not going to go looking for the data just now, but I hope I can find the resources I have seen that show this to be true.