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Re: Excellent news!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:58:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Neumann wrote:
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You mentioned the issue of resources. I don’t have the figures in front of
me, but the cost of supporting a criminal for a full life-sentence is
considerably less than the cost of prosecuting that same criminal through
the entirety of his appeals process.
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No way, you’ve got to be kidding me. Now I know how we massage a budget here
in our little sewer district to show numbers we want, so I can imagine a
criminal institution can show how it costs $1/day to support a convict.
Sorry, I don’t buy it. I found
this on a quick
google search. Housing per day according to this is $75.00. (not food, nor
clothing) After 40 years is $1,095,000, for housing alone. Cripes, I don’t
think Gary Ridgeway spent that much on defense. (O.J. might of...) But the
justice of the dollar is another issue.
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You have to consider the cost of judges wages, court time, time waiting for
court cases (spent in jail-more than ten years on average if I remember). That
could easily add to more than the cost of incarceration. Also, consider that
your average offender will not spend 40 years in jail, perhaps more like 25 (I’m
guesstimating that). Death can easily be more expensive.
One could complicate the system and allow less recourse for sane, convicted
multiple killers where there is going to be less chance for doubt.
Tim
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| (...) No way, you've got to be kidding me. Now I know how we massage a budget here in our little sewer district to show numbers we want, so I can imagine a criminal institution can show how it costs $1/day to support a convict. Sorry, I don't buy (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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