One of the main "excuse" against death sentence is the cost, let we check that a bit more

As we said previous only to keep a prisoner in prison it costs 100 - 400$ / day.
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Now we exclude ethics princips, we just compare that with not prisoners.

Let we say it costs 300$, this means:

a) Among the EU Member States, the highest average annual adjusted full-time salary in 2021 was recorded in Luxembourg (€72 200), followed by Denmark (€63 300) and Ireland (€50 300). Meanwhile, the lowest values of the indicator were recorded in Bulgaria (€10 300), Hungary (€12 600) and Romania (€13 000) https://perma.cc/AVC4-C68R

Let we take a 50k wage: this means 50000/13/20 = around 200$ each day —> far lower then the cost of the prison!

b)
each 10 years: 1.1 mio $
means if they get life sentence for 80 years, it costs around 9 mio $

c) death sentence means around 20 years in prison = 2.2 mio $

Lethal dosis still cost less than 5k, probably around 0.5-2k
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so THE REAL DIFFERENCE IS THE COURT / DEFENSE COST! like @PrisonFacts315 is showing.

Even just getting life sentence for 50 years, means 30 years less = 3.3 mio. Does it really cost much more than 3.5 mio??

The typical death penalty trial cost nearly $1.3 million, while a non-death trial cost about $600 thousand https://perma.cc/GAD8-MK93

Obviously the costs are different from country to country... If we consider 1.3 mio, we save around 2 mio for a 50 years life sentence and around 5 mio for 80 years ...

With 150$/day: 550k each 10y - around 0.5 mio with a 50y sentence or 2 mio with a 80y sentence

Real data in Italy: Nel 2021 il reddito medio delle famiglie (33.798 euro) = 129 euro / day = still less

We need to remember that prisoners still have PlayStation 2
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