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To: cosmicforce who wrote (9313)	4/17/2002 4:23:49 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

If they had accomplices, then you have zero chance of them changing their mind about serving time (or dying) alone. I don't understand what that relates to in the discussion. From a dollars and cents POV, it just doesn't make sense. Hummmmm..... Let's assume $60K/year to imprison and a life sentence averaging 35 years. That's $2.1M per life imprisonment. Not counting the inevitable appeals that will arise from the case. Since a life imprisonment would result in the prisoner being alive longer, it is reasonable to assume there would be more appeals than with a death penalty. Speaking of appeals.... My understanding is that that is what makes death penalty cases so expensive: the appeals. And if the money argument is decisive, if a fair system were contrived that made death penalties less expensive than life imprisonment, would you then favor it?