BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoBiden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office.www.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down14
arrow-up1297arrow-down1external-linkBiden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office.www.cnn.comBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 days agoThat’s basically what Biden is doing here. In the US executing someone is magnitudes more expensive than life in prison. Depending on the state it can be anywhere from 2 to 10 times more expensive than life in prison.
minus-squareEldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoAnd that’s before you factor in that something like half (or more) of the people who are executed are later found to be innocent of the crime.
That’s basically what Biden is doing here. In the US executing someone is magnitudes more expensive than life in prison. Depending on the state it can be anywhere from 2 to 10 times more expensive than life in prison.
And that’s before you factor in that something like half (or more) of the people who are executed are later found to be innocent of the crime.
This alone is reason enough imo
Agreed