Death penalty politics
I'm opposed to the death penalty. I believe it is immoral to kill an unarmed person who poses no threat. It looks like GOP presidential candidates are going to try to distract from the political mess created by the Dobbs decision by braying about how pro-death they can be. Setting aside the issue of morality, the death penalty wastes taxpayer money and has no deterrent effect. " Studies from across the country have shown that the death penalty is highly expensive for taxpayers, even compared to prison sentences of life without parole. There are additional expenses even before an execution, related to legal costs, pretrial costs, jury selection, trial, incarceration and appeals. As to the actual execution, the American Civil Liberties Union reported that the Federal Bureau of Prisons spent close to $1 million on each execution carried out in the summer of 2020 ― more than it costs to incarcerate a federal prisoner for 25 years. "Further, data shows that the death penalty d...