A
So, uh, you know, my feeling is that, uh, it's really being used today, it, it, you know, it, it really isn't doing any real good purpose for anything because it's not cost effective because of the amount of time the people end up waiting on appeal.
B
Right, I think I've seen some statistics that say that, uh, it's more expensive to kill somebody than to keep them in prison for life.
A
Right because y-, you, you've got all, all the prison expenses, plus all the legal expenses.
B
Right.
A
Uh, and, you know, it certainly doesn't seem to be a deterrent. Uh, for one thing because it's used so infrequently and for another thing because I honestly don't think the people that are committing the c-, crimes that would be eligible, you know, really care.
B
Well, that's, committing them mostly is, you know, either crimes of passion or at the moment or they think they're not going to get caught or,