There are approximately 5000 people in jail for life at the moment (I'm not sure of the source, but it was 4801 or so), if 1/5 of the people who are in for life are executed, a considerable sum is saved for other uses such as the NHS.
Before anyone gets the wrong end of the stick, I am not proposing that we execute 1000 people a year, as we don't get 5000 people sentenced to life each year (yet).
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
Source please.
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Admittedly, I have no source. I was merely attempting to use logic - knowing that I would be killed if I murdered someone puts me off it more than being imprisoned, especially with the current prison system.
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it more expensive in America to kill a man than to imprison one for life?
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I don't have a great deal of information on this, it must be the beaurocratic processes mentioned by Keizari - I am not exactly sure which processes need to be undergone and how they differ to the sentencing of a person to life, but execution instead.
once again, I find myself arguing for the death penalty when I'm not actually for it
