The Yorkshire Ripper question?

[PassingStranger]

Just read that it cost the taxpayer 11 billion to keep him alive including his funeral?
Do you still feel the same way about him being hung for his murders?

is it acceptable to the taxpayer to pay that much, when there are so many other things that the money could have been spent on, or dosent the money matter?

Does that say 11 billion pounds?

And no, the money doesn't matter, if the alternative is an inhumane, medieval justice system.

yes. Amazing isnt it!

Pretty sure it was 11 million.

You've been reading some absolute bullshit information!

Daily Mail reported it as ten million. He was in prison for 32 years so it costs what it costs. What's the alternative?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1360087/yorkshire-ripper-peter-sutcliffe-taxpayers-money

11 million

and yes, totally worth it not to have the death penalty

Exactly.

11 billion lol 😂

11 Billion??? I doubt that!

The death sentence is wrong on many levels, firstly the 2 wrongs don't make a right. And even more, how many injustices take place where people are wrongly prosecuted? At least in prison they can be released!

I heard it was eleventy billion

That should be £11 million, not £11 billion!!!. And that is in 'today's money', Not the actual cost, apparently.

The money is part of the investment into the prison system, which we all need and benefit from. We would all benefit more if more was invested, so that prison actually stood a chance of rehabilitating people.

In Sutcliffe's case there was of course an additional cost element arising from his being mentally ill. Everyone in prison is entitled to have adequate health care.

And the funeral costs? Who would begrudge that. A tiny additional expense compared to the whole cost of his incarcerated life - and presumably a lot of the expense related to security and coralling the press. It isn't as if he himself benefitted.

'cossetted' oh dear

Because state-sanctioned murder is wrong.

It has always been wrong and it will always be wrong and I don't care how much we have to spend to uphold that basic principle.

He tried to get his pension!

And?

How much would the death sentence have cost?

Lol at 11 billion!!!! 😂

That math is not mathing

How many billions did he get for that?

Objectivley I dont agree with the death penalty so it costs what it costs
Of course i might feel differently it was a loved one of mine who had been brutally murdered

If I was bored as fuck in prison I would find some paperwork to get my teeth into too.

The utterly botched, viciously misogynist investigation which led to him being free to murder more victims is the real public scandal, and that's the cause we need to keep attention on.

It's the price we pay for not having the death penalty, so well worth it, IMO.

Per year he was kept under lock and key it's actually not that much given the level of security required.

The question is not why have we spent this money on incarcerating Sutcliffe, the question is why we don't spend adequate funds in other worthwhile areas, such as health and education. They're not linked, though, it's not as if it would have been spent on education, for example, if he'd been executed. As a proportion of the government budget it's a drop in the ocean.

Absolutely. It was disgraceful.

Andrew Malkinson. 17years to prove his innocence.

Miscarriages do happen. Death penalty can't be put right.