crazily it costs substantially more to execute a person in the us

than to incarcerate them for life.

from the equal justice usa website:

"The most rigorous cost study in the country found that a single death sentence in Maryland costs almost $2 million more than a comparable non-death penalty case. Before ending the death penalty, Maryland spent $186 million extra to carry out just five executions.

A similar study showed that California has spent over $4 billion extra for the death penalty since 1978.

A study in North Carolina looked at cases in 2005 and 2006 and concluded that repealing the death penalty could have saved the state nearly $22 million in just those two years."

Posted By: Tombs on February 28th 2024 at 17:19:16

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howay the lads... (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 28, 15:51:21
- I know it’s not quite the same, but the U.S executed 22 in 2022. (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Feb 28, 17:09:07
  - crazily it costs substantially more to execute a person in the us (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 28, 17:19:16
    - They should shop around (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 28, 17:35:04
      - they could make it part of the sentence - to execute the one before (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Feb 28, 17:59:16
        
        Great idea tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 28, 20:58:46
    - Maryland cookies (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Feb 28, 17:30:42
  - And apparently Egypt did 84 in 2021 and I wouldn’t think twice about going on holiday (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Feb 28, 17:12:05
    - The issue seems to be these were politically motivated (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 28, 17:34:02
    - been lots of times ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 28, 17:31:00

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