> Reply-To: transnat@agora.stm.it
> Subject: Re: The Pro-death penalty argument
> To: transnat.list@agora.stm.it
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> Just a note to add to this thread: The Miami Herald conducted a
> study last year and found that the average Florida CP prosecution cost
> the state 3 million. Before you scream that this figure is impossibly
> high, consider that since most of these defendants are declared indigent
> and the state must bear the legal costs of both sides.
>
> In light of this, it would seem that CP is an economic nightmare
> for state coffers. It also explains why there are so few prosecutors
> willing to pursue the death penalty.
>
> Gregg Toomey
> toomeyg@polaris.ncs.nova.edu
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My argument against lowering the cost of justice is that the price
is too high: a police state.
Sincerely, Craig Harrison
