>>>Fiscally speaking, it is more expensive for the state to execute someone than it is to jail them for life.
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>>But I bet we could do it cheaper. (maybe go for economies of scale <bg> ?)
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>Turn it back over to the localities where it was before it was moved to the state level? Hmmmm, that might bring back public hanging for stealing, etc...
And these days with pay-per-view and scaffold naming rights ... bye bye deficit
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- Thomas Hardy
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