Breaking News: CBS news just reported that "A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year."
It can cost up to $35,000 per year to incarcerate a prisoner--though that can go as high as $70,000 for elderly prisoners (RecordNet). If this soldier lives for another 40 years, that comes to a least 1.4 million dollars to feed, cloth, house and provide medical attention to this one rapist/murderer all because we refuse to follow biblical principles and execute murderers.
You'd think our society would be able to find something better to do with 1.4 million dollars wouldn't you--like, say, helping homeless people who want help, or providing medical or mental health care for those who fall through the cracks?
In spite of what some in Washington (both Republicans and Democrats) seem to think, our money supply is not unlimited. When we choose to support murderers we are also choosing to deny that money to people who need help.
Friday, February 23, 2007
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