Capital Punishment / Essays / Law / ID: 514783

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ID number:514783

Author: Anonymous author (13)

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Published: 27.01.2005.

Language: English

Level: Secondary school

Literature: n/a

References: Not used

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Sentencing a prisoner to life in prison is a better allocation of resources than sentencing him to be executed.
First I'll present figures representing the dollar costs of capital punishment versus life in prison/no parole. Then I'll discuss the deterrent effect as the only legitimate rational justification for capital punishment. Then I'll discuss the externalities of capital punishment.
A Duke University study found... "The death penalty costs North Carolina $2.16 million per execution over the costs of a non-death penalty murder case with a sentence of imprisonment for life." …

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