Here we go again with the death penalty:

The most comprehensive study conducted in this country found that the death penalty costs North Carolina $2.16 million per execution over the costs of a nondeath penalty system imposing a maximum sentence of imprisonment for life.

Moreover, the states without the death penalty have fared better in reducing their murder rates than states with the death penalty.

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/COcosttestimony.pdf

>Exactly. Have real sentences that MEAN what they say.
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>Then have real sentences that mean something for the victims and the taxpayer.
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>More than 10 years in jail? Why? What is he going to do after coming out? Go back in.
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>10 years - bye bye.
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>3 strikes - you're dead.