Now It’s Capital Punishment
February 24th, 2009 at 4:43 pm by MicheleI’ve read that in Kansas it is more expensive to execute a prisoner than it is to house them on death row for the rest of their lives in a heated and air conditioned cell, with their three square meals a day and their cable television. So due to the economy, that state is considering that the whole lethal injection thing should be abolished.
A Kansas jury last week recommended that the man who raped and killed 19-year-old Jodi Sanderholm two years ago be put to death — a verdict that could be the state’s last death sentence because of the country’s dire economic straits.
Kansas State Sen. Carolyn McGinn, who has proposed a bill to overturn the death penalty in the state, is one of a growing number of legislators nationwide who are citing drained resources and severe budget cuts as a reason to ban capital punishment.
McGinn cited a 2003 state audit that reported the median cost for death penalty cases in Kansas was $1.26 million through execution, while non-death penalty cases cost $740,000 through the end of a prisoner’s incarceration.
Perhaps the state should reconsider the costly appeals process instead. It wasn’t so long ago in America that murderers actually had a speedy trial and execution. I mean that’s an American right!
This economic crisis is being used as a tool to thrust just about every stinking piece of liberal tripe down our throats. All of America should feel like their intelligence is being insulted. Unfortunately, half of America has forfeit their intelligence and the insult no longer registers.
Someone needs to tell Sen. Carolyn McGinn that the cost of a box of 50 rds of 45 is about $17.27. 2.90 a pop. I just saved a state!
Update: Please pardon my math. Correction: That’s $0.35 “a pop”. Thanks Guaman. I would put me in for a spot in the Homeschooler’s Hall of Shame, but the kids are better in math than I am so I let the guy on the DVD do the teaching.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
I just paid $21 for 50 rounds today here in San Diego, FYI… Just like Pro-Bono Legal Representation, there should be Pro-Bono Executioners.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
This is such a great idea. In fact, if we really want to save money we can stop having criminal trials altogether! If we want to go that extra mile we can fire all the police, judges and…wait..wait for it – attorneys.
What a wonderful world indeed.
Or, once you get convicted of murder and get the death penalty we can just take you out on the front steps, shoot you in the back of the head and launch a foot in your ass as you roll down the stairs as an example to others.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
We watch convicted men, sentenced to death here in Kalifornya, spend more years aging gracefully at the San Quentin Resort and Spa, dodging the needle via the 9th Circuit. It’s a f@#$!n’ disgrace and a complete sham to the Justice System and the Justice to the Victim’s Families.
February 25th, 2009 at 5:42 am
The math for the 45 cal is inverted – it works out to 2.9 executions for a dollar, or about $0.35 per liquidation.
Unfortunately I have some reservations about capital punishment – remember these convictions are generally created by government paid lawyers, working with cops, before a jury of people who couldn’t evade jury duty, all overseen by a senior fucking lawyer. If that isn’t a scenario for fucking an innocent once in a while, I don’t know one that is.
February 25th, 2009 at 6:42 am
This post has been linked for the HOT5 Daily 2/25/2009, at The Unreligious Right
February 25th, 2009 at 8:41 am
I’m actually not arguing either way on capital punishment, although I do agree with it. My point is that it’s preposterous to argue for a ban on capital punishment based on economics. The economic argument is certainly in favor of less appeals and more efficient methods of execution.