22-05-2013, 20:08
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Remoaner
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re: Soldier murdered in terrorist incident in Woolwich
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Originally Posted by denphone
It would cost considerably less then keeping them in prison though.
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That hasn't proved to be the case in America:
http://www.economist.com/node/13279051
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AN EYE for an eye, or at any rate a death for a death, is the type of justice that most states still embrace. Only 14 of the 50 states have banned capital punishment. But that may change with the recession. As state governments confront huge budget deficits, eight more states have proposed an unusual measure to cut costs: eliminate the death penalty.
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A recent study by the Urban Institute, a think-tank, estimates that the death penalty cost Maryland's taxpayers $186m between 1978 and 1999. According to the report, a case resulting in a death sentence cost $3m, almost $2m more than when the death penalty was not sought.
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