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- Umm... I don't know about that John.
- 10 ways to reduce overcrowding prisons
- The overcrowding prisons in California's are getting worse! How can this be fixed?
- If we executed the inmates on death row, then overcrowding would go down!
- It suggest that there be drug rehab for drug offenders instead of prison...
- John has a point.
- That's not Right, John! The death penalty is wrong!
- Actually John, as I've been researching, I learned that it's cheaper to keep inmates in prison for life than execute them.
- Guys Enough! Let's relax. Now how can we find out who's right....HMM??
- How about we do research on the pros and cons of the death penalty to see if it should be an option?
- Yes John... I found it in a NBCNEWS article online called "To execute or not: A Question of Cost."
- Is it right that they sit there on our tax dollars?!
- Great Idea, Ian!
- John and I will do research on the pros and Jill and Kina will research the cons.
- You're On!
- And then we will present our research to everyone in the office!
- The Next Day...
- What options do they suggest?
- According to the Huffington Post, they mention alternatives for overcrowding and not one mention of using the death penalty.
- Doing just these two options would save California $2.84 Billion!!
- As well as lower the "truth in sentencing to 85% to 70% of their time.
- Hmm....
- The article also states that it costs an extra $90,000 per inmate to imprison someone sentenced to death — an additional expense that totals more than $63.3 million annually".
- Are you sure that's accurate??
- I know for a fact that it's cheaper to execute inmates than to keep them in prison!
- What else did you find?
- You say that life imprisonment is cheaper but just imagine how much more it will be if we abolish the death penalty.
- The more we research, the more the death penalty is looking less and less like an option.
- WOW!!
- I learned that California's "death row costs taxpayers $114 million a year beyond the cost of imprisoning convicts for life".
- NY Times High Costs of Death Row
- I found an article emphasizing the ways the death penalty affects California.
- So you're telling that costs more to kill death row inmates than to imprison them??
- Well believe it! According a print ad I found on ACLU of NorCal, it says that it's so expensive due to appeals that can take up to 25 years!
- That's unbelievable!
- To be honest John, it's not looking good for our side.
- If we were to end the death penalty, California would save $130 million per year!"
- Any new findings?
- NY Times When We Kill: Why the Death Penalty is Wrong Nicolas Kristof
- Through extensive research, we have learned that using the death penalty for reducing overcrowding prisons is not an option because...
- In an article I found by Nicolas Kristof, he says that continuing the death penalty is wrong because there's a possibly that the person being executed could be innocent!
- The money used to house death row inmates could be used for programs that would discourage criminal behavior and avoid prison altogether.
- According to Britannica procon.com it states that The existence of the death penalty as a possible sentence leads to guilty pleas that save the money spent on trials and limit the opportunity for appeals.”
- Exercising the death penalty more often runs the risk of executing an innocent man or woman.
- Hmm...
- Hey Kina, we won this for sure!
- They both feel that if there were programs in place for kids in the low income communities, that would deter them and hence being less kids behind bars.
- TED TALK Bryan StevensonLawyer/Social Justice Activist
- I was on Ted Talk and watched two men speak... David Dow and Bryan Stevenson.
- I agree but I did find one piece I think will put the icing on the cake!
- WOW!!
- the cost of executing a death row inmates is millions of dollars higher than life imprisonment.
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- Impressive!
- Awesome PresentationGuys!
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- How. Fascinating!
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