Death Penalty and Economics

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"Arguments surrounding the death penalty tend toward the emotional and the moral. This is as it should be, for even the discipline of economics finds these elements to be variable factors integral to its equation-making process (Miller 670-71). This paper shall argue against the death penalty as employed in the United States--on economic grounds. In so doing, this argument will take under consideration the factors that contribute to the conclusion that the death penalty is an economically disastrous form of public policy.

The argument against the death penalty from the economic perspective centers upon the following sequential points of fact:

1) Death penalty trials run longer and involve more costs to the economy than non-death penalty prosecution ..."

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