The Death Penalty

When we talk about the death penalty there are several things that come to mind. The three most significant are those concerning the penalties cost versus those of life with out possibility of parole, the second being concerns of executing an innocent person, and the final major area of concern is Christianity and how it is against Christian beliefs. This paper will give cover some of the factual details on the death penalty and where it stands today.
The death penalty and life without the possibility of parole have many differences. The average time spent in jail for a person serving a LWOP term is 50 years (life expectancy of average person in jail). While on the other hand the average time spent in jail by a person on death row is 6 years. The most significant of the differences is the cost of each one. LWOPs total cost averages around $3.8 million and the average cost of the death penalty is $1.88 million. (These numbers are according to the U.S. Vital Statistics and the LWOP d...