RIght Thing for the Wrong Reason

Seems killing people just isn't cheap. Not in Iraq or in America.

Many states, including Bush's beloved "Dead or Alive" state of Texas are contemplating cutbacks or the outright suspension of death sentences after July 1st.

The old argument from the opposite view (from people who I would say have their poles reveresed), was that executions were good things because otherwise you have to house and feed inmates for the rest of their life. But, for decades, with the cost of a capital trial and the right to extensive appeals, has meant that a capital case was far more expensive than life imprisonment.


Even if the "it costs less" assertation were true, it would still not justify capital punishment...so the opposite argument is just as flimsy.....

..however...as my title suggests, right for the wrong reason...but let's take it.


TF