Reply #5: It's unethical to consider money in these situations. [View All]

Just like in health care regarding terminal patients. The mechanics of death should be left to run on their own accord. Not that you're doing or saying anything wrong, it's just that the cost is never the issue. People won't change their mind for against the death penalty based on cost, at least they shouldn't. It's an improper way to frame the debate, in my opinion. Besides, someone who changes their mind or reaches a decision regarding the death of another person, based on cost, is just scum. Remember that little law Bushy passed in Texas, that puts non cost effective patients out of their misery? I'm not really a fan of that one either.

However, if it helps, it costs an average of forty three thousand dollars a year to house an inmate in Michigan, in the penal system. My ex is a probation officer.