Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I have done absolutely no research on this, but I've maybe read an article at some point - isn't it true that there's been research showing that executing someone is more expensive than keeping them in prison for life?
Yes. Apparently research on this issue is what led Texas to minimize the appeals and time that inmates spend on death row.
And, in my view, has led TX to execute at least one innocent man.
And it should be noted that men in prison have shorter life spans anyway, so "life in prison" for the average inmate is not nearly as long as Manson's.
Yes. Apparently research on this issue is what led Texas to minimize the appeals and time that inmates spend on death row.
Wow, see, Texas, that's not where I would've gone with that. Jesus.
ETA: Thanks for that link, flea. Tons of eye-opening info. there.
Wow, see, Texas, that's not where I would've gone with that. Jesus.
Yikes. Yeah.
It's complicated that the laws vary state to state, too.
Yeah, it's not about cost. It's about vengeance. I can put myself in the shoes of someone who wants to off someone else who killed/hurt a loved one. I have to depend on civilization for to reel me in.
wrod.
I have to depend on civilization for to reel me in.
Yeah. Plus we depend on civilization to prevent cops from badgering witnesses to identify the "right" perp, or, failing that, to not execute someone when there's doubt about this.
I have to depend on civilization for to reel me in.
Yep. The catch being I don't always trust the rest of civilization.
This was the view outside my window at work, which ironically, is NSFW: [link]
Fucking hippies.