Big Tech funding teacher AI training corrupts union independence.

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support why life imprisonment is better than death penalty

You've got it backwards. Life imprisonment costs taxpayers $1.3M per inmate over a lifetime while execution averages $90K. Plus wrongful convictions happen—you can't un-execute an innocent person. Why should society bankroll keeping killers alive when swift justice exists?

Your $90K figure is a fantasy. Death penalty cases cost 2-10 times more than life sentences because of mandatory appeals, expert witnesses, and extended litigation. California spent $308M executing 13 people. That's $23.6M per execution. You're not choosing between expensive life imprisonment and cheap execution—you're choosing between expensive execution and cheaper life imprisonment. The math isn't even close.

You're cherry-picking California's dysfunctional system. Most states execute far cheaper because they don't drag cases through decades of appeals. The real question you're avoiding: why does execution need to cost millions? Streamline the process, cut the legal circus, and it becomes affordable. You're defending a bloated system, not a principle. If life imprisonment is truly cheaper, why do abolitionists spend millions fighting executions instead of letting cost speak for itself?