Capital punishment isn't a deterrent, it is punishment.
Capital punishment is muder--a government program but nonetheless murder. What happens when an innocent individal dies through this sysystem? Who should be "blamed" or punished for that.
I don't get that mentality: you kiled! you did bad! now it is time for us to killl you!
Besides its more expensive than life imprisonment.
Besides its more expensive than life imprisonment.
Justice for All, a group that advocates judicial fairness, estimates that life without parole cases will cost $1.2 million - $3.6 million more than equivalent death penalty cases. So yes, the simple court case for the death penalty costs more than it does for the court case of someone on trial for life without parole.
And life without parole prisoners face, on average, 30 or 40 years in prison while the annual cost of incarceration is $40,000 to $50,000 a year for each prisoner or more! There is no question that the up front costs of the death penalty are significantly higher than for equivalent LWOP cases. There also appears to be no question that, over time, the lifetime imprisonment, combined with the legal fees, will cost more than an execution.
Sorry, calling a thing by a name doesn't make that thing what you call it. Murder is defined as one human being taking it upon him or herself to kill another human being. Capital punishment doesn't fit that description no matter how hard you try and spin it.
Capital punishment is punishment duely carried out in accordance with out legal system and calling it murder is no more than liberal hand wringing.
And more important than the possibility of an innocent individual being executed after exhausting the full appeals process built into the legal system is the very real number of innocent people who have been killed by killers who were released from the system only to kill more people. Had they been executed, they would not have found a loophole or a hand wringing liberal to let them out into society again.