[jjacky]

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we can't agree how much one life is worth. but a $ is a $. so we execute people at whim (without making sure that they are guilty) to save money? this opinion is disturbing at best.

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When did I say without making sure that they are guilty? The current system takes 20 years to carry itself out, entirely too long. There are also MANDATORY appeals. On top of that the system allows multiple appeals when barring new evidence, one should be enough.

Edit: And yes a dollar is a dollar. If we can be assured of a person's guilt and execution is cheaper than imprisonment, then that is the course we should take.

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what do you think is the likelyhood that someone is innocent when being executed? somewhere in the thread was a discussion about it. estimates go from 0.0000001% to about 20%. i think the latter is more accurate (at least on a log scale there should be no doubt about it).
if you make it harder to get an appeal, this will likely get even worse.