re: #293 Aceofwhat?

I don’t mind the death penalty from a moral standpoint, but isn’t the average expense from incarceration to zap higher than the average expense to keep them incarcerated ad infinitum? I honestly don’t know, but i thought i’d heard that stated on occasion…

I think it depends on the state. Some states put a limit on the number of appeals the DP person can file or the length of time in which they must be filed.
My understanding though is that overall, nationwide, it does cost us more to execute than to house them for life.
And as RogueOne mentioned, we have far too many DP cases overturned— because the defandent was later found to be innocent, not wrongfully convicted — to make the death penalty acceptable from either a moral or legal standpoint imo.