The Death Penalty

It costs 184 million dollars more to execute a prisoner in California than to keep him in prison for life. The American state brought back the death penalty in 1978. Since then the state has killed 13 prisoners. Costing the taxpayer 308 million dollars per prisoner executed. But it has not killed anybody since 2006 due to legal issues. Would it not be better for everyone if this state sponsored barbarism came to an end.

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