“Kenny just began to gasp for air repeatedly and the execution took about 25 minutes total.”

Pretty compassionate way to kill a person.

Once again, the Law in the south is brutal.

  • nolight@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    How is it cheaper though? I don’t support death penalty, but I fail to see how it’s cheaper to keep them alive?

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      9 months ago

      Someone who’s life is on the line will tend use every possible legal resource possible to avoid getting killed. Survival instinct.

      On the other side, people making the decision to kill a guy tend to want to make sure they got it right.

      So lots of appeals, lots of time in the court. Lawyers and judges get paid a lot more than prison guards, and the cost of prison guard is spread over many prisoners, while the cost of the judge and lawyers for an appeal is all just for that one person on death row. Courtrooms tend to be nicer than prison cells so the upkeep cost of infrastructure is also higher. Doesn’t take all that much time in a courtroom to come out to a higher cost than keeping a guy in a prison for the rest of his life.