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Yeah, probably higher rates while they're on death row, but surely the total cost over their lives is less. Bringing the cost of conviction in, and for one isolated case, won't help compare. It can't be cheaper to feed someone and keep them secure for 40/50 years than to execute them.

How so? Surely the cost of capital punishment is less than the cost of providing for someone in prison for the rest of their lives? Personally I'd have forced labour for prisoners, so they can contribute to society.

:facepalm: No it can't. Some people are incorrectly found guilty, and the verdicts are not reversed within 3 years. I think of the Birmingham 6, but before posting I read the next couple of posts, and sure enough, someone else has posted it.

Alive? Well I'm certainly not dealing with a dead body, that'd give me the creeps.

I'm putting the wood on as fast as I can. It's just I'm slow at chopping it down, and this green stuff doesn't appear to burn well.

Indeed. Everyone gets a defence, we just have to hope that justice is done. Obviously it wasn't the first time around, but that's not the fault of the defence. I'm happy to cremate him if it helps.

If there's anyone not to blame for him getting off the first time, it's his legal team. They're the last people responsible for prosecuting him.

Who knew :shrug: