Today our office reduced the sentence of the last person on death row out of SF to a life sentence. Honored by the words of Sister Helen Prejean: “Hooray for DA Boudin's LIFE over death choice once again for the last condemned human being on San Francisco's death row." 1/2
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Replying to @chesaboudin @shaunking
What’s the difference he’s gonna die in there anyway. Now your tax dollars are housing the criminal.
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Costs more to execute somebody than house them in prison for life.
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Over a period of time no it doesn’t.
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The average inmate spends over 20 years on death row, as of 2017 per the Bureau of Justice Statistics. It also costs significantly more to house a death row inmate due to the cost of security, among other things.
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