Executing someone is far more costly than keeping them alive for the rest of their days. The red tape of legally ending someone's life could circle the Earth twice, reach the moon and back, and still have the length spare to strangle Martin Johnson. It goes on and on. The penal system is better off investing in a prison than a graveyard for financial reasons alone.
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