Criminal
Feb. 28, 2001
A Matter of Execution
When arguing for death penalty abolishment, death penalty opponents have been reluctant to assert that capital punishment costs more than life imprisonment. Reducing this deeply moral question to a cost-benefit analysis seems trivial and belittles the importance of the debate. Indeed, abolitionists are quite candid that they would still oppose capital punishment even if it were less expensive than life imprisonment.
When arguing for death penalty abolishment, death penalty opponents have been reluctant to assert that capital punishment costs more than life imprisonment. Reducing this deeply moral question to a cost-benefit analysis seems trivial and belittles the importance of the debate. Indeed, abolitionists are quite candid that they would still oppose c...
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