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TranscriptAlabama suffocated a man to death in a gas chamber tonight after starving him so he wouldn't choke on his own vomit as they did it. And this was deemed perfectly legal by multiple courts in the vaunted American legal system.

That's what happens when you value institutions over people.

Link for more info: https://www.reuters.com/legal/alabama-prepares-carry-out-first-execution-by-nitrogen-asphyxiation-2024-01-25/

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So about a million dollars, or 5 times cheaper than the median cost of the death penalty.

The median cost of a death penalty is $1,250,000

Even without your estimating and looking up the actual numbers — actual cost of lifetime incarceration is 800k, so in real life it's only twice as expensive to execute someone. Also the equivalent of about 3-4 years salary of a corporate Director or VP

And that's not even considering that incarceration has fringe benefits too. Through study, analysis, therapy and statistics we can learn how to prevent tragedy in future — not the case with execution.