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Yeah I just saw that. Its weird because there's some cases where the evidence is so clear there shouldn't even be recourse for appeals tying up the court.
I don't think it's wrong or barbaric to painlessly euthanize someone who brutally killed, defiled and ate people's bodies (among other horrible examples).
I don't think there's any argument for the rehabilitation of a person like that. You can't let them out, keeping them around is pointless, and on the off-chance they do escape, is their life worth more than the people they endanger? >

True but it’s much cheaper for us to keep them in prison than to carry out the death penalty. >

Is it actually? One would assume that food, clothing, guards' wages, medical care and God knows what else over the course of 50+ years would come out to more than a lethal dose of whatever.
Edit: well I'll be damned. You're right. How the fuck is that possible? >

Because they got rid of the noose. >

Supposedly it's the high cost of re-trials and appeals, which death-row inmates have more access to than genpop folks.