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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (71398)	3/2/2011 5:01:49 AM
From: Maurice Winn	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217679

An argument often made against a death penalty is that it doesn't deter crime. But it does. There has never yet been a criminal executed who then went on to commit more crimes. But there have been plenty of criminals who have steadily escalated their crimes including a murder subsequent to having been released after murder. Mqurice

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (71398)	3/2/2011 2:31:46 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217679

<Lot cheaper just to kill violent offenders...> Legal experts and trial attorneys agree that most people outside the legal community don’t realize the high cost of the death penalty. ...Gray County spent nearly $1 million seeking the death penalty against Levi King, who pleaded guilty... ...These costs do not include the cost of appeals, which can more than double the cost... ...The average cost to house an inmate in Texas prisons is $47.50 per day, said Michelle Lyons, spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. That means it costs more than $17,000 to house an inmate for a year and $693,500 for 40 years. From indictment to execution, the trial costs alone for a death penalty case are estimated at about $1.2 million, said Jack Stoffregen, who runs the West Texas Regional Public Defender’s Office for Capital Cases. lubbockonline.com <...where there is incontrovertible evidence that they are guilty...> ...There have been 266 post-conviction DNA exonerations in the United States...The average length of time served by exonerees is 13 years... ...These DNA exoneration cases have provided irrefutable proof that wrongful convictions are not isolated or rare events... innocenceproject.org And if you reduce the costs of execution by simplifying the process, you'll get more wrongful convictions.