Crime & Law Enforcement Issues & Death Penalty/Death penalty (high school paper)

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Hello,
I wanted to ask you, Is it more expensive to keep someone in jail for life or to use the death penalty?
Thank you! :)

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grace,
it really depends on the trial and the health of the inmate before you can really get into that.  death penalty cases have automatic appeals so that is an automatic cost, but you have to consider how costly is the 1st trial then every subsequent trial.
then how old is the person and how healthy they are.
generally speaking though, it costs taxpayers more to keep them incarcerated.

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Darrin Bell

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i am well versed on search and seizure, self-defense, domestic violence, 4th & 5th amendments, drugs, jails and conditions, tasers, raids.

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i am currently the domestic violence coordinator for my department. i am a field training officer and i have been teaching self-defense, drugs, and search warrants and affidavits at the local academy for the past 10 years, and domestic violence for the past 3 years. i was the assitant to the federal monitor while our jail was under a consent decree, which we successfully came from under.

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graduated from the police academy in 1989. successfully passed a consent decree. worked undercover for 5 years, narcotics for 6. over 1200 hours of training in specialized areas. certified defensive tactics instructor, taser instructor, completed management and superivision modules, senior deputy modules.

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