[Dilbert San Diego]

When they say it’s cheaper to have a life sentence rather than have the death penalty, they are adding in all of the court costs and legal fees for the multiple legal appeals which death row inmates get. So it goes far beyond the prison costs of keeping the inmates in prison.

[DesertSapper]

I can't see how paying full medical care for an additional 30 or so years of life would not reach or exceed legal fees for a few appeals. Those medical fees would only increase as the inmate ages past 40.

Oh well, maybe the 0bamacare death panels will ultimately do what we won't do legally.