"An Insightful Perspective On Capital Punishment".
No matter how difficult it may be to admit, every living.
creature must eventually die. People die for many reasons ranging from old age to.
sickness, murders, and accidents. Most people wish to live for as long as their body is.
capable of living, but occasionally, a life is cut short. One reason this may happen is if.
one is sentenced to die as punishment for a crime. capital punishment has its good sides.
and its bad sides, but it must be repealed.
~~~~~~~~The death penalty may seem a financial necessity if it is considered that the.
current economic recession has made it difficult to afford keeping prisoners in prison. In.
Florida, 3,000 prisoners have been released early, and an appalling number of prisoners in.
Texas have been allowed to go free after serving only 20% of their sentence because the.
state could no longer afford to keep them in prison (Dieter). In light of this, it may seem.
that carrying out death sentences would bring financial relief, but that is not so. .
Exhaustive trials and litigation are routine in cases concerning a capitol crime, and these.
legal processes tend to rack up a very large bill. Many states, including Florida and Texas,.
spend millions of dollars on the death penalty at the same time that they are dismissing.
police officers and laying off correctional personnel due to lack of funds (Dieter). A study.
conducted in 1992 found the average cost of an execution in Texas to be $2,300,000.00. .
It was also mentioned that this is about three times as much as it would cost to give the.
same prisoner a single occupancy, top security cell for 40 years (Hoppe A1). A study.
done in Florida in 1988 showed that each execution rendered was costing the state an.
average of $3,200,000.00 (Von Drehle A12). When the facts are added up, it becomes.
clear that capital punishment cannot save the state any money. In fact, it would seem.
that the state could save a great deal by finding alternatives to the death penalty and.