How Can We Get Stricter Death Penalty Laws?

Question by ballzinurmom: How can we get stricter death penalty laws?
Why should we waste our hard earned money keeping these loser scum bags in prison? You commit a felony, you get the chair. Saves money, time, space and resources. All the morons in prison are useless to society and should be offed.

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Answer by rob_harwell
That’s a very harsh position. The problem I see is that a certain percentage, however low, are innocent. That means your policy amounts to murder. As we have it, the biggest law our government is breaking is false imprisonment.

Answer by Mordent
The death penalty is more expensive than keeping someone in prison for life (i.e. around thirty years), mostly due to the extra court time needed for appeals.

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