settle death penalty cases with skyrocketing funds. Nick Gillespie discusses these principles in his video called: “Three Reasons to Get Rid of the Death Penalty”. He states that since 1980, California has spent over four billion dollars on death penalty cases; yet has only executed thirteen inmates. The U.S. also annually dishes out 134 million dollars per case concerning the death penalty. This is far more expensive than the cost that would be covered for incarcerating the criminals for life without parole (Gillespie). It is inherently obvious that the death penalty has been and will always be, for the remainder of its implementation, a shaky approach to resolving issues. It is very expensive and has many missing parts to why we even keep it around. These reasons hold true to the fact that the national abolishment of the death penalty is the optimal option in pushing towards a better
settle death penalty cases with skyrocketing funds. Nick Gillespie discusses these principles in his video called: “Three Reasons to Get Rid of the Death Penalty”. He states that since 1980, California has spent over four billion dollars on death penalty cases; yet has only executed thirteen inmates. The U.S. also annually dishes out 134 million dollars per case concerning the death penalty. This is far more expensive than the cost that would be covered for incarcerating the criminals for life without parole (Gillespie). It is inherently obvious that the death penalty has been and will always be, for the remainder of its implementation, a shaky approach to resolving issues. It is very expensive and has many missing parts to why we even keep it around. These reasons hold true to the fact that the national abolishment of the death penalty is the optimal option in pushing towards a better