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    The document argues that while the death penalty is controversial, it is economically preferable to life imprisonment when reforms are made to expedite the appeals process for death row inmates. It notes that a 2010 study found executing criminals could cost less for states if appeals took less than the average of 12.5 years found in a 2005 study. Reforming appeals to speed up the process could lower the costs of capital punishment cases.

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    The document argues that while the death penalty is controversial, it is economically preferable to life imprisonment when reforms are made to expedite the appeals process for death row inmates. It notes that a 2010 study found executing criminals could cost less for states if appeals took less than the average of 12.5 years found in a 2005 study. Reforming appeals to speed up the process could lower the costs of capital punishment cases.

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    Death Sentence Topic Paragraph

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    The document argues that while the death penalty is controversial, it is economically preferable to life imprisonment when reforms are made to expedite the appeals process for death row inmates. It notes that a 2010 study found executing criminals could cost less for states if appeals took less than the average of 12.5 years found in a 2005 study. Reforming appeals to speed up the process could lower the costs of capital punishment cases.

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    John Carroll Mrs.

    Hansen English II 11 April 2013

    Point Paragraph #1: Death Sentence (Pro)


    The death penalty is a sore subject for some, but it is an increasingly prominent topic of discussion throughout the nations media and politics. The cons often seem to outweigh the pros of the argument, due to numbers, but being pro-death sentence is the better way to go, for the government, and the people. The cost of death sentence approved cases is relatively high when compared to that of a case that was given life in prison, but in the 2010 edition of a yearly study published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics called Capital Punishment, it was found that if reforms were made to the appeals process, criminals who are executed could become a non-issue for the state economically. In the 2005 study of Capital Punishment, it was found that on average, the sentencing rate was 125 months to execution. This means that the state must pay to keep the inmate in suitable living conditions for on average twelve and a half years, if not longer. If this process was expedited in some way, the cost of executions could go down considerably.

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