No More Death Penalty
... Government says administering the death penalty is cheaper than housing an inmate for life, the death penalty increases public safety, and that those individuals, who are sentenced, in fact, deserve to die. However imposing capital punishment does not reduce the crime rate and the penalty can be imposed on an innocent person. With all of this said, it is easy to see that the death penalty must be abolished. ... There are those who favor the death penalty that believe that housing an inmate for life is more costly than imposing the death penalty. ... “A 1982 New York study estimated the death penalty cost conservatively at three times that of life imprisonment,”? ... Death penalty trials have special motions and extra jury selection steps that can cause the conviction to be overturned if they are not taken. ... Due to the case being a death penalty case, extra investigation must be done. ... Also, almost half of the death penalty verdicts are reversed. Another reason supporters of capital punishment have their beliefs is that the death penalty increases public safety. This author believes that the death penalty imposes a false sense of security to the public.