Kevin wrote regarding 'Re: [OT]: Poll: Jury duty attitude' on Fri, Feb
03 at 13:55:
> My brother is a policeman and they are taught that it is TEN times
> cheaper to keep someone in prison for life, than it is to put them
> to death.  All those appeals, last minute pleas, etc... add up to
> lots and lots of money. At least for the U.S., that is.

If prisons were properly funded, I'm sure the balance would start
shifting the other way.  Besides, I'm paying for the judge to be a
judge, the DA to be a DA, and a public defender to be a public
defender whether working on a death row appeal, yet another DUI, or
extorting money from me because I was speeding on an unpopulated
county road. :) So I'm not sure that the appeals process really
"costs" me anything additional [as a US taxpayer].

But, whatever it takes to get cops motivated, I suppose. :)

--Danny, convinced that 92.6% of statistics are misleading
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