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04/03/15

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Originally posted by nine lives ↑

donedeal, There are (according to the ABS) 185.6 people per 100,000 in Australia in prison. Cost per prisoner per I found is now $305 per day (a little higher than your $297). Lets round that up to $112,000 per year per prisoner. That works out at $208 per year for every man, woman and child in Australia that isn't in prison to keep the ones that are.......BUT.....

Don't forget, that is ALL prisoners from tax evaders to repeat offender drink drivers to murderers. Even Indonesia, which many in Australia such as I might consider as non-progressive (to put it politely), don't execute every prisoner. Only 2 of the Bali 9 are being executed. So if you took the small percentage of Australian prisoners who have committed crimes that most here would consider unforgivable then you would be talking only a small percentage of the prison population and you would be talking a very small cost per Australian to keep them. if 1 in 10 of our prison population has committed what many here would consider a capital offence then it is only costing about 20 bucks per Australian a year to keep them.

I will pledge that I will forego one meal at McDonald's per year so that I am doing my part to keep capital punishment out of Australia. In fact I will also carry Plough's share of the national burden and I will miss 2 meals at McDonald's per year. Everyone's a winner then. It will cost Plough nothing to keep capital punishment out of our legal system, I won't clog my arteries and nobody gets shot.

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Hi nine lives

I don't agree but I admire your stance. I'm generally a tolerant person, yet you are far more than I.

To incarcerate child killers, rapists, terrorists etc or support victims of such heinous crimes. I know where I would prefer the funds to go to, irrespective of the amount.

Our laws and penalties are nothing to be proud of and in many ways are no deterrent for crimes being committed. How many times have you heard the saying "I'd get less for murder'!

Weird how our courts put a greater value on criminals lives rather than the victims and their families.

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donedeal
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