Answer to 1-7
Because we are a nation of laws and the administration of those laws is often expensive.
The laws are also written with overly complex procedures in overly complex language that generates the need for lots of legal services to implement those laws.
The laws obviously need a heckuva lot of changing.
It's beyond disgusting that a serial killer lives on for more than 20 years at taxpayer expense with a TEAM of lawyers pleading for his life.
Once it's clear he done the deed, he should be removed from Mother Earth tout suite. Clean, cheap, and everyone (including Mother Earth) breathes a sigh of relief.
And fewer scumbag lawyers would be attracted to the defending criminals field. Especially on taxpayer dime.