Post 4: Price

People are also making the claim that keeping someone in jail is cheaper than the death sentence. Let’s think about this for a moment. By having someone in jail, our tax dollars are paying for them to be fed, sheltered, cleaned, etc. Maintaining someone for the rest of their life in jail seems to be a lot more expensive in the longer run rather than using simple technology for an electric chair or a quick lethal injection. Simple logic was used here.

         With the high rising numbers of this country’s financial debt, we all know that with the death penalty being fair and cheaper, that we should know what route to take versus life imprisonment. Why shouldn’t this country take that route? I understand that the death penalty won’t be appropriate for all serious crimes and that life imprisonment would be more acceptable. But with the over population of inmates, and the cost difference, this capital punishment should be something that this country should make legal throughout all 50 states.

Atwood, Aaron. "Defends morality of death penalty." newstimes. (2010): n. page. Web. 27 Oct. 2012. .