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tnnrk t1_j0725k2 wrote

Isn’t it also much cheaper to just house prisoners for life? No idea if that is actually cheaper or if it’s offset by their potential labor

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infamous-spaceman t1_j07ldwa wrote

It's cheaper, death row inmates go through lengthy appeals processes that are very expensive. You could cut down on those to make it cheaper, but you'd end up killing more innocent people.

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