>>http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/20/news/economy/california_death_penalty/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2
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>>$4 billion since 1978 on California's capital punishment system + only 13 executions =t $308 million per execution. Wow.
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>Capital punishment is an embarrassment this nation needs to eliminate. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for executing the Dahmer's and Gacy's of this world. Unfortunately in our country, capital punishment has had a severe bias towards minorities, and secondly, we have executed many innocent people. For those reasons I can not support capital punishment even if it means that future Dahmer's and Gacy's live out their days behind bars.

I won't even go that far. Life in prison is no picnic. (As Jeffrey Dahmer found out in fairly short order). It's barbaric. Here is a list of the nations that allow capital punishment. Look at the Death Penalty Permitted section. Is that a list we want to be on?

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