Does it upset you that your tax dollars keep the microwave murderer Alive?

It makes my blood boil to know that we might have to clothe and feed that pathetic excuse for a human being for the rest of her natural life. Luckily, that may not be much longer. They don't take kindly to baby killers in prison, so she will get what is coming to her eventually.

How sick, I hav'nt heard of this before, I dont even know where this is, I think she should get the electric chair and I mean yesterday, . all of this prison stuff is draining our taxes , way back when, they had a trial and when the person was convicted of killing someone they were put to death. and they didn't stay on death row for the rest of their lives. That is something the gov. should change, the prison system has gotten really relaxed in the last fifty years, dont put men or women on death row unless their going to be put to death in the next few days. our tax dollars go to feed them and support them for the rest of their lives. maybe if the death row people were really put to death there would be less killing and other infractions that put them ther also, send th illegal immagrants home when they do a crime in the USA. April

I think making her live her life in prison is more punishment than killing her. She has to live with this for the rest of her life. Hopefully she lives in fear of her fellow inmates and she realizes the horrific thing she has done. Other than that, I am upset we are paying for this. Good people like me who work hard and put myself through college struggle financially b/c of my 42thousand dollar student loans. The government can't assist college students financially, but they can throw away millions of dollars like this. It's really ridiculous.

Nopers, I'm not bothered by my tax dollars going into Arnold's imprisonment. For several reasons:

1) Doubt in this case that Arnold was the sole operator. The defense claims to have unearthed witnesses that claim another individual holds at least partial responsibility (Arnold claims to have been drunk, with no memory of the event).

2) Capital punishment actually costs more than lifetime imprisonment, mainly due to a longer appeals process and extra supervision. Therefore, less taxes would go into Arnold's imprisonment than her execution.

"Even in states where prosecutors infrequently seek the death penalty, the price of obtaining convictions and executions ranges from $2.5 million to $5 million per case (in current dollars), compared to less than $1 million for each killer sentenced to life without parole."

http://www.law.columbia.edu/law_school/communicati...

3) Anti-execution sympathies. I'm not comfortable "paying" to have a person killed, no matter their offense. The death penalty's deterrence on crime is debated, and the United States (the federal government and 36 states) is one of the last "civilized" countries still using it. Viewed logically, it is hypocritical of us to say, "We're killing you because you killed somebody else."

Death is easy. Life--especially life in prison--is hard.

sturdy question. try to be conscious of, even even with the shown fact that, that it expenditures taxpayers far extra to execute somebody than to maintain them in reformatory for existence. it is not even close. The numbers fluctuate by using state, however the reason of the disparity is that the government needs to be as useful as achievable that it would not execute an harmless person. in the direction of that end, lots extra is spent on pre-trial training (maximum DP situations take a pair of twelve months back to trial), extra pre-trial motions, extra expert witnesses (on the two factors), extra legal specialists (additionally on the two factors), jury sequestration, risk-free practices (necessary because of the fact of extra exposure in DP trials), an extra sentencing trial, dying row incarceration (far extra high priced than everyday optimal risk-free practices) and an exhaustive appeals technique. This disparity turns into even extra effective once you communicate the time fee of money. lots of the extra expenditures of capital punishment are up-front, happening until now and by the trial itself, while lots of the expenditures of existence imprisonment are unfold over the term of incarceration. Any first-twelve months finance student (or lottery valid) can attest that a dollar up-front is far extra burdensome than a dollar unfold over 30-40 years. Many argue that the severe value of capital punishment is why violent crime expenditures are bigger in dying penalty jurisdictions - each extra dollar spent (wasted) on capital punishment is one this can't police, training, drug therapy centers, women folk’s shelters, and different government classes that help cut back crime. regardless of all of those high priced precautions in place, harmless human beings nevertheless get sentenced to dying exceptionally frequently. considering that 1973 interior the U.S., 138 human beings have been released from dying row because of the fact they have been exonerated by using DNA and different evidence. those are all people who have been discovered accountable “previous a smart doubt.” regrettably, DNA evidence isn't obtainable in maximum situations. So, as long because of the fact the dying penalty is in place, you're exceptionally lots sure to often execute an harmless person. Many could argue it somewhat is the utmost value of all.

Haven't they shown that it actually takes more money to execute someone? I guess it may depend on their age, but if they get the death penalty they must go thru all the appeals and everything and it takes forever. I guess I'd be curious to know the actual money facts on those two things. Yes, it makes me angry. But, sometimes death seems like the easy way out.

No, she may need help.

What does upset me is that 16 million tax dollars was wasted on two national conventions when nominees were already selected, and this country is so deep in debt it can't see the sun shine.

The death penalty is justified. The sooner the better.

I don't like supporting this woman's existence. Having a tough enough time taking care of myself.

They could build a microwave that seats 20 for the price that she will cost. She and Casey Anthony ought to be strapped down together in that.

She will get more horrible treatment in jail by the inmates that even the death penalty could impose. The death penalty is only one time. In prison she will be punished over and over.