Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Poor bastards, don't kill them

Just to throw this out there and reinforce my point I managed to pull together some extra information with regards to the costs of how much extra it would affect the economy if we did practice executions.
“$200,000 to $600,000 dollars depending on the individual appeals process, but often exceeds that amount. In Maryland a study released by the Urban Institute concluded that the state had paid 37.2 million for each of the five executions since 1978”

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If you guys want to check my sources or view more info you can visit this link.
http://law.suite101.com/article.cfm/capital_punishment_costs_more_than_imprisonment#ixzz0VvknWdFx

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