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Originally posted by RACooper
Now the moral issue brings up an important question for me - if so many "conservatives" or "right wing religious" folks are in support of the 10 Commandments, and so many "conservatives" and again right wing "right wing religious" foks are in favour of the death penalty. How do they reconcile the whole "thou shall not kill" aspect? and who do they reconilce Jesus' teachings which advocate forgiveness and reconciliation? Because no matter how you phrase it the issue of the legitamacy of capital punishment will some how work its' way into the debate - a consideration that I find important; if only to understand the foundation of the capital punishment establishment.
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This is a really good point, but it's an extension of the "anti-abortion, pro-death penalty?" (or vice versa) arguments . . . hopefully someone elucidates me on these . . .
Also, for the record, I'd love it if we could separate "conservative" and "right-wing religous folks" - they are not the same, and not even necessary or sufficient conditions. Bad hijack, I know.
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Originally posted by RACooper
Finally if economics are a deciding issue - can someone post numbers for the cost of executing someone in the US and housing them for say 35 years?
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As of the last study I read, it costs twice as much to kill a person than to house them until average age of death (which was 35-40 years of incarceration) - i believe it was $2 million to prosecute/execute, and $1 million to house.