Not only that, billions of dollars of taxpayer money would be saved in the process of doing so. ... The government allows these cold-blooded criminals to end up living a fortunate life that is significantly better than begging for money on the streets. ... All the money wasted on these merciless people could be saved if the prison system was more brutal and cruel, giving death sentences to murderers and rapists. ...

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While many may think that life imprisonment is the correct alternative option, I think utilitarianism would also view it as a lesser option because the costs saved from housing and feeding a criminal can be spent on things such as food or healthcare that will benefit members of society and increase overall pleasure. There is so much poverty in this world that the costs of housing a criminal can lead to long-term happiness for society due to the money saved. Technically, no matter what society uses the money on, it will increase overall pleasure and be used to boost utilitarianism's accept...

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Many people do not realize that if there was less capital punishment, a lot of money could be saved that could be used in many other ways. ... Maybe if they knew that it cost more money to kill somebody than they had the chance to spend in their entire life, they would have a different opinion about the death penalty. ...

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People who are against the death penalty argue that this amount of money could be spent to build more green spaces for children to play, or hiring more police officers to keep the community safer from inside not just from outside the community by capital punishment. ... The people who are supporting the death penalty think that society has to save people's lives by such a strict law to eliminate those criminals and make sure that they will not repeat their crimes again. ... I think the reason to the death penalty is to save other people's lives". ...

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If the death penalty is reassured and enforced, the one person's life can be saved by the limitation factor of a potential murderer not killing due to being afraid of the death penalty it is well worth it. ... The connection to our society today is not only our personal opinions on if someone else lives or not, but the amount of money everyday citizens pay to keep up prisons is outrageous; also the amount of money needed for execution is just as much. ... There are more than 2 million inmates currently in the US prison system," (Michael Myser) displaying the massive amount of money w...

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Litigation costs, including the time of judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and court reporters and the high costs of briefs are all stretched out over a longer period of time and the money that pays for all this? ... The death penalty is not going to get any less expensive and the only way to start saving money on it would be to weaken the process and cut back appellate review, which are the defendants only protection against the break down of justice. This means the only way to save money in the system without abolishing capitol punishment is take the risk of snuffing out an innocent life...

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Punishment there have been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a...

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