Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-03-27 22:09:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 203BB148F081214D377008CF3141311F89C3B9E734649846D06BA49B250C3FE5
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The costs to taxpayers for death penalty trials and sentences are dramatically higher than life sentence cases. The death penalty has been repeatedly proven to not serve as a deterrent to future crimes. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/urls_cited/ot2016/16-5247/16-5247-2.pdf https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/act500062008en.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/04/30/theres-still-no-evidence-that-executions-deter-criminals/ https://www.aclu.org/other/death-penalty-questions-and-answers
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