themeatbridge@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoMissouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his lifeapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1461arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1455arrow-down1external-linkMissouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his lifeapnews.comthemeatbridge@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
“Tonight, Missouri lynched another innocent Black man,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement.
minus-squarehoustoneulers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoHow much of this was the state just wishing they didn’t have to pay for his life imprisonment?
minus-squareNauticalNoodle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoLife imprisonment is cheaper than execution in America.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoZero percent. It spent more money executing him than it would have keeping him in prison.
How much of this was the state just wishing they didn’t have to pay for his life imprisonment?
Life imprisonment is cheaper than execution in America.
Zero percent. It spent more money executing him than it would have keeping him in prison.