Judges get cost estimate before sentencing.

[dabreadman]

"Yo judge! The economy is bad. Just gas chamber the murderers, its cheaper."

Is that what all of this is about?

 

[crackp0t]

Because it shouldn't matter. Prison costs need to be reduced but not this way. I think they make inmates more productive and run the prison more like a company with longer sentences and work earning them time off the extra time or a furlow from their death sentence. Making prisons run at a profit without taking government money and doing a better job reforming prisoners into being productive members of society.

That would be great, but unfortunately that could lead to some very bad things. Just to name a few more 0 tolerance laws, more strict minimum sentences for victimless crimes, and jailing people when jail isn't needed.

 

[Unarmed Gunman]

Looking forward to the next step, which is allowing those that can afford to pay for their incarceration, receive lighter sentences. Rich people already have an advantage with access to better lawyers, but now with cost estimates, the ones that are found guilty should be able to negotiate lighter sentences.

Blind justice indeed.