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In article <C0nqFM.6v9@agora.rain.com> stavros@agora.rain.com (Steve
Culliton) writes:
> In article <1993Jan08.181043.16982@Celestial.COM> bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
> >In <1993Jan5.212321.23381@tera.com> erik@tera.com (Erik Hedberg) writes:
> >
> >....
> >:Further clouding the issue is the fact that "life without parole" is
> >:*cheaper* than execution.  Some people might not agree with this, but
> >:this is what I was taught in a criminal law class in college.
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> What makes you think that with a life without parole, the convict
> isn't still going to make $10M in apeals while in prison?  And your
> argument presupposes that every convict costs that much in appealing
> the death sentence, which for Dodd, it didn't.  I think the book you
> learned from was slightly slanted.  It is far cheaper to execute than
> support for life.  The room is already made, rope is cheap, a hangman
> gets paid by the job.  The grave cost is the same whether the convict
> died from natural causes after live imprisonment or hanging.  Feeding,
> housing, medical, dental, guards, for life is a hell of a lot more
> expensive.  TTFN

The argument that it costs more to execute someone than life on parole
is a red herring.  The cost of appeals does cost more, but that only
strengthens the argument that the appeals process should be reformed.
=== Al