lemonadebunnyWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?
scytaleIt’s more expensive to execute a person on death row than to keep them imprisoned for life.
PlutoniumAcidHow can that be? I figure it costs a lot to keep a person in jail for a year. Multiply by 40. How is an execution more expensive than that?
Capital cases cost a ton more to prosecute and defend and there are a lot more rounds of appeals. When someone’s life is on the line, we jump through extra hoops as a society.
There’s also the fact that dead people can’t be used for their labor, so there’s no offset.