On average it costs roughly $36,000/year to house an inmate. That is more than some people make in a year. To put it into perspective, it costs more to keep the criminal, that murdered someones parents; alive, than the victims made that year in salary. That to me is a gross injustice. Knowing that the families of victims have to pay, to keep the very person that committed the crime, alive, day after day. Where is the justice for the victims, knowing that the criminal will be living in a 6'X10' cell for the next 8-10 years. Also, during their 8 year sentence, they will not have to provide anything for themselves. Prisoners receive medical and dental care, where some of the victims couldn't afford to have medical or dental care.

I realize that the Capital Punishment system is certainly not a perfect system, but our legal system as a whole is still by far the best system on the planet.

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Thinking like an Independent, while leaning to the right.