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> 2) It's bloody expensive (~3x more than simple incarceration)
As I understand it, the reason CP is so expensive is the lengthy judicial review process that it involves. It is the maximum penalty, and people go all out to fight it.
If so, lifetime incarceration would appear "cheap" because many accept it without a fight to avoid the maximum penalty, CP. A repeal of CP would make LI the maximum penalty, and all (or substantially all) the judicial expenses associated with CP would apply to LI, plus the expense of lifetime incarceration.
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