USA against death penalty??

[Warl0rd]

I say make them pay for the rest of their lifes

[ranger2112]

not off my paycheck. BULLdemocrats

[Warl0rd]

they don't have to spend money from your taxes, they can work and make money to support the prison costs. If they refuse finish them off

[ranger2112]

if they could get them to both earn their keep and reparations to the victims families...i would then be first in line to cancel death penalty. not gonna happen so bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt (lights dim for a second.. no more Mr Bad Guy)

[Warl0rd]

And why do you think they can't?

[ranger2112]

in theory it works, in reality politics as usual will screw it up.(can i say screw it up) guess i just did, twice. lmao. no the politicians will find a way to skim or the attorneys will get their's. at trial if i was facing the death penalty or had to work in a mine where i might die anyways but at least had the shot to live..gimme a pick-axe.

[Hamlet]

In short: You don't want to spend X amount of $ (= the net cost of life in prison sentences) to be able to save the life of Z amount of ppl (= the ppl being proven innocent later on)? That's hardcore cost-benefit analyzing...I think I'll stay in the EU - don't want to be fried by mistake to save a couple of bucks on Texas state budget

[ranger2112]

ok, most spend years and years and years on death row. exhausting every appeal available to them. with modern DNA and forensics, if after all that u are still not given a reprieve, then bzzzzzzzzzzzzztttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ooga booga]

I thought us New Yorkers were the only ones using the electric chair for death penalties.

Of course, by looking at our numbers we haven't executed anyone in over 30 years and have only 1 person on death row. What a boring state... Just kidding. I believe there are cases were the death penalty is necessary.

[ranger2112]

the actual use of it is not nearly as prevalent as one thinks.
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