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Originally posted by Reaper+Oct 14 2004, 03:16 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Reaper @ Oct 14 2004, 03:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-RougeUnderoos@Oct 13 2004, 10:35 PM
Regarding the "it can't cost more to kill them with $200 worth of chemicals than it does to keep them in jail", it's just a little more complicated than that.
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Well, since I was the one who posted saying that the chemicals required for lethal injection cost no more than $200 I'll respond.
What exactly are you saying? I was referring to the actual cost not the moral implications of the death penalty.
I'm not in favour of the death penalty, so you can stuff the condescending tone and avoid attempts at talking down to me. [/b][/quote]
Fair enough. I wasn't trying to be condescending or talk down to anyone but that is what it looks like.
Anyway, point is they go through countless appeals which cost a freaking fortune. A lot of those guys are on death row for years and years, so they are getting housed and that costs money. I'm sure it costs more to house a guy on death row than it does to keep him in regular prison -- so you have that cost. Then all the court costs for all the appeals and it's getting way the hell up there. The government is paying for both the prosecution and the defence sides and we all know those lawyers don't work for free.
And it all has to be done. They are going to kill the guy so they have to make dam sure that they got the right guy and he doesn't have a way out of it. There is no turning back.