the silver lining
if ever there was an upside to the ever-deepening economic recession, this is it:
fewer people may die as a result of the death penalty in the u.s.
nine states have bills seeking to abolish or repeal the death penalty, while others are delaying or halting costly death penalty trials.
A 2008 study by the Urban Institute, an economic and social policy research group based in Maryland, found that an average capital murder trial in the state resulting in a death sentence costs about $3 million, or $1.9 million more than a case where the death penalty is not sought.
people may not care much about the principle of “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”, but they sure care when the state coffers are empty.
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Comment by deb m
4.03.2009 @ 21:59 pm
Your chances to go to Canada may have increased, read http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/04/saskatchewan.economy/index.html
btw, love reading your blog
Comment by Jen
5.03.2009 @ 19:18 pm
i saw that too! thanks!