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The Cost of Capital Punishment

By Michael Blankenship

It is not uncommon to hear claims that when it come to capital punishment, money should not matter. Today's op ed in the Star Press is typical.Read more...The editorial laments the fact that the prosecutor is not seeking a death sentence in a local case due, in part, to the prohibitive costs. The piece does point out the disparity between urban and rural sentencing practices. Perhaps someone will one day litigate this point in terms of a proportionality argument. Too bad the U.S. Supreme Court no longer cares about the issue of proportionality.We ration food, medical care, housing education, and a host of other items that are ingredients in a good quality of life. It is an economic reality that justice, regardless of how it is defined, also has financial limits...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on September 21, 2008 (boomark / email).