Critics of capital punishment sometimes argue that the expenses involving executions is substantially more than the cost of life imprisonment. The costs of appeals and legal counseling are the main expenses for the both of them. There are three problems with this argument. First, such financial calculations a life with out parol can cost anywhere from $1.2 to $3.6 million dollars more than a death penalty case (Sharp). Second, even if this is a true analysis of the cost of capital punishment in the United States and other developed countries, it is not representative of the cost of criminal executions worldwide. Indeed, one might reasonably expect that in many developing countries executions are substantially cheaper than life imprison

"Of the roughly 52,000 state prison inmates serving time for murder in 1984, an estimated 810 had previously been convicted of murder and had killed 821 persons following their previous murder convictions. Executing each of these inmates would have saved 821 lives." (Sharp)

There is direct proof that the death penalty does save lives. Nine to fifth teen percent of those on death row committed, at least, one additional murder, prior to that murder ("Capital Punishment."). which has currently put them on death row. Sixty seven of them had a prior felony conviction capital and forty two percent had a active criminal record when they committed their capital offense ("Capital Punishment."). Should we be cautious and protect the innocent and honor the memories of those murdered or should we give murderers a opportunity to harm more innocent people? Being more cautious would save lives and keep it safer.

ment costs (Gottfried 3). This shows that capital punishment is accepted and is used wold wide. Finally, even if executing criminals is more costly than life imprisonment, it is not immediately obvious that the extra expense either contributes to a greater balance of social unhappiness or even tips the balance towards unhappiness. Society may actually be pleased with, or at least content with, the value it is getting for its capital punishment dollar. Those who favor capital punishment say that why to keep a murderer in prison and feed him for the rest of his life from out taxpayers money. Why do this when we can take his life for taking another. Also the death penalty is a long and costing process . A prisoner can spend a long time is prison w

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