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busmans t1_iugej0c wrote

Reply to comment by HaloGuy381 in Richard Branson declines invitation to debate death penalty with Shanmugam, says TV format 'turns serious debate into spectacle' by chronoistriggered

Eye-for-an-eye style punishment is extremely cruel, but beyond that, you don’t ever have to execute someone. It is cheaper to let them live in the system.

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sjfiuauqadfj t1_iugh3mu wrote

the cost associated with executions in america largely comes from not doing them in a timely manner because they legally can do a lot of appeals before they actually get executed. in a perfect world where 100% of the people who are executed absolutely did it, those appeals would not be necessary and it would be very cheap to execute a prisoner

in china its also pretty cheap to execute because they arent as lenient as we are, and they also charge the family of the person being executed for the cost of the bullets

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grovbroed t1_iugj2ff wrote

>they also charge the family of the person being executed for the cost of the bullets

Holy shit. China doesn't have free social executions?

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