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Essay / Persuasive Essay on the Death Penalty - 1343
Some people think that it is cheaper to kill. The cost of the death penalty is higher than that of life in prison without parole. Thus, using conservative estimates, the total cost of the available alternatives would be to continue spending at least $137.7 million per year to maintain our dysfunctional system, or to adopt a policy of terminal containment at an annual cost of 11. 5 million dollars..