re: Texas executes man who killed game warden

that video is awful to watch

Just read some more about the incident. He shot at a bird on a fence post with a .22 and that's what started the whole thing

No history of violent crime. Said he doesn't know why he did it

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Not sure if we really saved much money on only 28 people when you consider how much cost went into the process.

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My feels are better fulfilled when people that kill someone else gets killed.

Not painful enough imo

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Do you know the cost to house and treat aging inmates that are diagnosed with cancer?

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True, cancer is expensive. Do you know since 1976 we only execute about 35 people per year (Note: we average about 49 people per year since 2000)?
Since 1976 we only executed 1,425 people. How much time and court cost did those 1,425 people add up to? An execution is often years and sometimes decades in the making. How much was the cost of all the other people on death row (FYI there are about 3,000 currently on death row in the US)? In the long run, did we really "save" much on cost? Some say more could be saved if we just gave everyone on death row life.

I guess an argument could be lets have less appeals and execute more. I guess that could potentially save more.

On probation for DWI, unemployed. Probably just decided to go out guns blazing

That's why I believe you should only be allowed one appeal. If it doesn't work out, you're on deck for the table. None of this appeal after appeal and staying on death row for 10-15 years.

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Some say the years and man hours of appeals actually make it more expensive.

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Cut down on the number of those also!