09-30-2015, 12:51 PM
(09-30-2015, 12:44 PM)username Wrote:I'm confused. You're saying you'd vote to keep the death row environment and are acknowledging that "it's a ginormous money sucking endeavor." So you believe we continue to toss money into that pit? The execution is the cheapest part of a death sentence. Is a death row environment a deterrent for the worst of the worst? I don't believe it is for most. Most of those guys are lifers to begin with.(09-30-2015, 02:52 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: I don't think the death penalty is a deterrent at all.
So, I have mixed feelings about the death penalty. Maybe the same could be accomplished by abolishing the death penalty but keeping death-row conditions in place for the worst of the worst? IDK.
I would vote for that. Not only is the death penalty not a deterrent, it's a ginormous money sucking endeavor as compared to life without parole (in a death row type environment).