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All morality aside, it costs more to kill a prisoner than imprison him for life, the death penalty is not a deterent either. I'm glad it made u so happy sending a man to die though.
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Very much so. Anybody who would stab a woman in the back, cut her son's throat, and stab a nine year-old girl, leaving her to die, should burn in hell as quickly as possible.
As to your other mistaken point re: cost: care to back it up with fact?
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Here's a link.
The reason that it's more costly is due to court costs due to the lengthy appeals process that's involved with death penalty cases.
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Those costs are only
up front.
Per cell long term costs of LWOP (Life w/o Parole):
D. THE COST OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE VS THE DEATH PENALTY
Many opponents present, as fact, that the cost of the death penalty is so expensive (at least $2 million per case?), that we must choose life without parole ("LWOP") at a cost of $1 million for 50 years. Predictably, these pronouncements may be entirely false. JFA estimates that LWOP cases will cost $1.2 million - $3.6 million more than equivalent death penalty cases.
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Cost of Life Without Parole: Cases
Equivalent To Death Penalty Cases
1. $34,200/year (1) for 50 years (2), at
a 2% (3) annual cost increase, plus
$75,000 (4) for trial & appeals = $3.01 million
2. Same, except 3% (3) = $4.04 million
3. Same, except 4% (3) =
$5.53 million
Cost of Death Penalty Cases
$60,000/year (1) for 6 years (5), at
a 2% (3) annual cost increase, plus
$1.5 million (4) for trial & appeals = $1.88 million
Same, except 3% (3) = $1.89 million
Same, except 4% (3) =
$1.91 million
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This does not factor in the cost of geriatric care in prison, which is around $75k per year per prisoner.