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Let's begin emptying death row...
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:45 pm
I'd be curious to see how many murderous bastards are on death row in Louisiana right now? And how long have they been on death row?
I think it's time to start reducing the population at Angola's death row...what say you?
I think it's time to start reducing the population at Angola's death row...what say you?
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:50 pm to Lutcher Lad
I don’t understand why these guys are on death row for so long.
I understand their right to appeal their sentence and conviction, but we should put those at the top of the list.
I understand their right to appeal their sentence and conviction, but we should put those at the top of the list.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:52 pm to Lutcher Lad
35 in Mississippi
64 in Louisiana
It's way easier and cheaper to get life no parole convictions. Death penalty cases gum up the works and cost the counties or parishes millions in answering endless appeals.
Prosecuting death penalty cases was all the rage in the 70s and 80s but it has fallen significantly out of favor due to cost
64 in Louisiana
It's way easier and cheaper to get life no parole convictions. Death penalty cases gum up the works and cost the counties or parishes millions in answering endless appeals.
Prosecuting death penalty cases was all the rage in the 70s and 80s but it has fallen significantly out of favor due to cost
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:54 pm to CoachChappy
Part of the problem is that activists have put pressure on companies not to provide the drugs for lethal injections, claiming it is cruel and unusual.
Sounds like it is time to move to firing squads and/or hangings. Or hanging in front of a firing squad.
Sounds like it is time to move to firing squads and/or hangings. Or hanging in front of a firing squad.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:56 pm to No Colors
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cheaper to get life no parole convictions.
Is it more than housing, food, medical etc for the rest of their life?
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:56 pm to teke184
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Part of the problem is that activists have put pressure on companies not to provide the drugs for lethal injections, claiming it is cruel and unusual.
Sounds like it is time to move to firing squads and/or hangings. Or hanging in front of a firing squad.
It doesn't matter what method we use. The usual morons will claim it's "cruel and unusual". Just go back to gallows. Or hell just a tall tree and some horses.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:59 pm to Lutcher Lad
I think the option for death should be available to all prisoners.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:00 pm to billjamin
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Is it more than housing, food, medical etc for the rest of their life?
Oh yes by a long shot.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:02 pm to Lutcher Lad
I will never understand why we spend so much money to keep the literal scum of the earth alive. They should just be put in a cell until they die. No food or water. Give their food to poor families. Their last meal needs to go to a kid with cancer.
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:02 pm to No Colors
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Oh yes by a long shot.
Interesting. Where does all that cost come from? I bet some PE bros could come in and lean it out for us.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:05 pm to Lutcher Lad
There are a lot of problems with the system as it exists today that makes it far more costly on taxpayers to pursue the death penalty. We need justice reform that removes a lot of that extra cost so that it would be more economical to put people to death for worthy crimes.
I'm personally of the opinion that letting someone sit in prison for life until they die naturally is not actually justice for someone who murders another person.
I'm personally of the opinion that letting someone sit in prison for life until they die naturally is not actually justice for someone who murders another person.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:06 pm to No Colors
quote:Not really. Those costs are already baked in the budget cakes.
It's way easier and cheaper to get life no parole convictions. Death penalty cases gum up the works and cost the counties or parishes millions in answering endless appeals.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:14 pm to Jake88
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Those costs are already baked in the budget cakes.
Not according to AI
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Pursuing the death penalty in Louisiana is significantly more expensive than seeking a life sentence, costing taxpayers at least $15.6 million extra per year. Capital trials, specialized defense teams, and lengthy mandatory appeals make death penalty cases up to ten times costlier than comparable non-death penalty cases.Key Financial FiguresAnnual System Costs: Maintaining the capital punishment system costs Louisiana at least $15.6 million annually, according to research from Loyola University and the Death Penalty Information Center.Defense Spending: The Louisiana Public Defender’s Office spends millions on the defense of capital defendants. For example, the state spent $7.7 million on legal representation alone in a single recent year.Housing and Incarceration: Housing an inmate on death row costs roughly $58,000 to $70,000 annually. This is exponentially higher than the approximately $7,000 it costs to house a typical general population inmate in the state.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:29 pm to No Colors
Fifteen million extra per year? Nah. Thats exaggeration. The judges, assistant DAs, the indigent defenders, the clerks are all already salaried. Some experts cost extra, but not millions extra.
From AI as well...
quote:These sources are anti-death penalty. Of course they are going to bullshite you.
Loyola University and the Death Penalty Information Center.
From AI as well...
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A Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office fiscal note estimated the direct housing cost of a death row inmate at about $31,850 per year (about $87.26 per day). It estimated a typical state inmate cost at about $19,167 per year. The fiscal note specifically stated that the death row figure does not include administrative or indirect costs.
A 2019 Loyola University New Orleans study by retired Judge Calvin Johnson and Professor William Quigley estimated that housing someone on death row costs about $58,000 per year. That study was looking at the broader costs of Louisiana's capital punishment system and estimated the system costs taxpayers about $15.6 million more per year than a system with life without parole.
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