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Originally Posted by BloodFetish
Keeping him incarcerated for 25 years before executing him seems silly. I know there probably was some due process of law involved, but wouldn't it have been better for everyone concerned to execute him way back when? How much money did it cost the tax payers to house him?
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The death penalty in general always costs more than life inprisonment. After the whole appeals process is accounted for it is usually cheaper just to lock them up forever.