NCORRECT. WHY DO GOVERNMENTS KILL PEOPLE TO SHOW OTHER PEOPLE THAT KILLING IS WRONG? WOULD SOCIETY ALLOW RAPE AS THE PENALTY FOR RAPE OR THE BURNING OF ARSONISTS' HOMES AS THE PENALTY FOR ARSON. EVERY TIME WE EXECUTE SOMEONE, WE SINK TO THE SAME LEVEL AS THE COMMON KILLER. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STATE KILLING AND AN INDIVIDUAL KILLING? THE END RESULT IS THE SAME....ONE MORE DEAD BODY, ONE MORE SET OF GRIEVING PARENTS, AND ONE MORE CEMETERY SLOT. EVERY TIME WE EXECUTE SOMEONE, WE ARE DESENSITIZING THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE. THE DEATH PENALTY IS NOT NOW, NOR HAS IT EVER BEEN A MORE ECONOMICAL ALTERNATIVE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. A STUDY BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION SHOWED THAT THE COST OF A CAPITAL TRIAL ALONE IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE COST OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT. THEY ALSO CONCLUDED THAT A DEATH PENALTY CASE COSTS

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