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Abolish the Life Sentence By: Natalie M. Nuñez

The Cost of Imprisonment
-$55.09 on avg. per day
-$20,108 per year to keep an inmate in prison.
-x 20,108 by 140,610= $2,827,358,880
- This includes: security, medical services, feeding, clothing and education.

Inmates
-140,610 inmates seving life sentences
1 out of 11 inmates
- Most common crime is murder 82.1%, robbery 10.3%, other crimes 7.6%
-Reason life sentences are issued is because their crime was violent, grotesque, and unethical.

Overcrowding
-Number of inmates rising, space reducing
- Suggestions to correct problem is spending 800 million $ to build and expand prison facilities...
and "more lenient sentencing and early release"
-colorado plans to reduced inmate pop. by 15%, 3,500 criminals to save 45 million dollars!!!
- 23 states have done the same
- We will be living among them!

But they could be exonerated...
... 38 convicts serving for life have ever been exonerated since 1973.
- approx. 1.05 per year since 1973
- Approx. 50% of inmates set free return in 3 yrs or less, getting rid of the life sentence would make criminals think 2x before commiting a crime.

$ Put to Better Use
- 60 billion is spent annually in the U.S for corrections, shouldn't tax payers money be employed for better use...
... for its law abiding citizens mayb
-Healthcare reform
-Cancer, diabetes, heart disease research
-Program funding

Facts:
- United states houses 25% of the world's criminals
-Prison phone bills cost avg of 1000 a month

Works Cited
Kevin, Johnson. "Report wants Lifes Without parole Abolished." USA Today N.p., 22 July 2009. Web. 17 Nov. 2009
Moore, Solomon. " Record Number of Life Terms Hits Record." The New York Times N.p., 22 July 2009. Web. 17 Nov. 2009.
Solomon Banda, P. Denver Post Corrections budget cuts take effect in Colorado. N.p., 1 Sept. 2009. Web . 17 Nov. 2009.

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