Illinois becomes 16th state to ban death penalty

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Originally Posted by Princess Doreen

No, cost should not be an issue. I only brought it up because a lot of people think incarcerating someone for life costs more than executing them.

That was the prevailing public opinion for years until research on cost factors revealed the truth. The irony is that this then led many pro death penalty folks to call for reduction in cost factors such as appeals etc....a slippery slope if ever there was one.