Death Sentences etc.

[CAIRATH]

not really. killing someone is cheaper if you do the math.

http://deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php? did=108&scid=7#financialfacts

 

[skeptik]

Stay on topic people. Don't ask why your post was deleted; it was deleted because it was off topic and irrelevant to the thread.

 

[Zhou Tai 04]

Not exactly. If our justice system was different, it would be a viable option.

 

[Zephyrus]

Not exactly. If our justice system was different, it would be a viable option.

Care to elaborate?

 

[skeptik]

He's saying that if we didn't value human lives to the point where we didn't think it was necessary to install more safeguards into trials in which the death penalty was on the table in case the person was actually innocent, killing people would be cheaper.

 

[Zephyrus]

Well that's imagining a shift in morality, not the institution.