Yeah that makes sense. But on the other hand, jailing people for life costs money and there’s the slim chance they can escape. But I suppose if you have good security then a full life sentence would be an effective deterrent, so maybe you wouldn’t have to pay for very many people to have such long sentences, so it might not cost so much.
You may be surprised just how much death row costs. Part of being ‘absolutely sure’ is not executing until all possibilities of appeal and such are exhausted, and well, if your scheduled to be killed most people will do whatever they can to delay it for as long as possible, or even better get it overturned. Some end up on death row for decades.
Yeah that makes sense. But on the other hand, jailing people for life costs money and there’s the slim chance they can escape. But I suppose if you have good security then a full life sentence would be an effective deterrent, so maybe you wouldn’t have to pay for very many people to have such long sentences, so it might not cost so much.
You may be surprised just how much death row costs. Part of being ‘absolutely sure’ is not executing until all possibilities of appeal and such are exhausted, and well, if your scheduled to be killed most people will do whatever they can to delay it for as long as possible, or even better get it overturned. Some end up on death row for decades.
Some data here: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/costs/summary-of-states-death-penalty
Good points to be honest.