New Depression's Latest Casualty: Our Sacred Death Penalty
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Man, you know what costs gazillions of dollars of taxpayer money? Executin' people! With appeals and increased housing costs, the tab to house a prisoner and eventually carry out the death penalty can run upwards of $3 million. Conversely, just keeping somebody in jail forever costs a mere $1.1 million or so.
New Depression's Latest Casualty: Our Sacred Death Penalty
New Depression's Latest Casualty: Our Sacred…
New Depression's Latest Casualty: Our Sacred Death Penalty
Man, you know what costs gazillions of dollars of taxpayer money? Executin' people! With appeals and increased housing costs, the tab to house a prisoner and eventually carry out the death penalty can run upwards of $3 million. Conversely, just keeping somebody in jail forever costs a mere $1.1 million or so.