What prison life will be like for Aaron Hernandez

[Doomsday101]

That is a misleading statistic. I mean, let's face it, the actual execution itself is not expensive one bit. What is expensive is all the appeals - sometimes all the way up to the US Supreme Court - involved in giving someone the death penalty.

and yet he is still going to be appealing this ruling.

 

[Rogah]

and yet he is still going to be appealing this ruling.

That's actually Massachusetts law. A life sentence without possibility of parole merits an automatic appeal. Can't imagine he will get terribly far with his appeal, but it is mandatory he gets one.

 

[Doomsday101]

That's actually Massachusetts law. A life sentence without possibility of parole merits an automatic appeal. Can't imagine he will get terribly far with his appeal, but it is mandatory he gets one.

True but people will say death cost more? Why judges are paid not by the case but a salary, they will collect their pay weather or not they are hearing case or not.

 

[burmafrd]

That's actually Massachusetts law. A life sentence without possibility of parole merits an automatic appeal. Can't imagine he will get terribly far with his appeal, but it is mandatory he gets one.

now that is a stupid law that makes appeals mandatory. But then so many laws are stupid.

 

[5Stars]

I wonder what will happen with any wealth/money that he has made or has after lawyers fees and what not?

I mean, what about that big house of his, and all the millions he has already been paid?

 

[Joe Realist]

I read where he will be able to hear faint cheering from Foxboro

 

[Rogah]

I wonder what will happen with any wealth/money that he has made or has after lawyers fees and what not?

I mean, what about that big house of his, and all the millions he has already been paid?

People are already lined up to sue him. Not just the families of his victims, but also the Patriots have talked about recovering signing bonus funds.

There will be no leftover money once all is said and done.

 

[Doomsday101]

what will prison life be like?

 

[jnday]

I'm not an expert, but they say it is far more expensive to execute someone than it is to jail them for life.

The last I read, it cost about $50,000 a year to keep a prisoner alive. The drugs for lethal injection can't be that high.

 

[Blackspider214]

Appeal aside, his days in court are far from over (still faces double murder charges). With his sentence what it is, what is the point of throwing more money into prosecuting him for more crimes? A life sentence is a life sentence, period. There is no possibility of putting this piece of dirty to death so why not just toss him behind bars, throw away the key and never hear from him again?

Because the families of those 2 killed in Boston deserve the trial. I get your point but if those were my family members, I'd like to see the scumbag tried and sentenced. Even if he's already been sentenced to life in another trial I would not care. Face the music for the other crimes he committed. Have to face those families he ruined in person.

Plus, those murders were committed a year earlier than the one he just got sentenced for. I hear they actually have more evidence on him than this current one. That it will be a slam dunk.

 

[jrumann59]

Appeal aside, his days in court are far from over (still faces double murder charges). With his sentence what it is, what is the point of throwing more money into prosecuting him for more crimes? A life sentence is a life sentence, period. There is no possibility of putting this piece of dirty to death so why not just toss him behind bars, throw away the key and never hear from him again?

Just another charge and sentence to throw on just incase the other case gets thrown out on appeal. I do not know what the 1st Circuits appeal rate is???? Eventually his high power attorneys will find another client his money is probably pretty close to being dried up.

 

[jrumann59]

The last I read, it cost about $50,000 a year to keep a prisoner alive. The drugs for lethal injection can't be that high.

Death penalty cost more in the short term, life sentences cost more in the long term because new prisons have to be built to accomodate new prisoners, we put more in than coming out

 

[JoeKing]

Because the families of those 2 killed in Boston deserve the trial. I get your point but if those were my family members, I'd like to see the scumbag tried and sentenced. Even if he's already been sentenced to life in another trial I would not care. Face the music for the other crimes he committed. Have to face those families he ruined in person.

Plus, those murders were committed a year earlier than the one he just got sentenced for. I hear they actually have more evidence on him than this current one. That it will be a slam dunk.

All good points.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

as noted by someone a bit earlier, the appeals cost the state a lot. again, I'm not an expert so I don't know how much it costs per prisoner (I think 50k is a bit high), but it seems universally accepted that execution is not cheaper.

 

[Hoofbite]

It took me as much time to find the answer as it did to give it to you. So you could have done the same rather than wasting both our time. That would have been the simplest action on your part since that what seems to be matters to you.

Haha.

Don't waste my time, I'm trying to browse the Internet and post on a message board over here.

 

[JoeKing]

Haha.

Don't waste my time, I'm trying to browse the Internet and post on a message board over here.

Some peeps get the joke, while others are the joke... yeah, you fit in there somewhere.

 

[EST_1986]

Some peeps get the joke, while others are the joke... yeah, you fit in there somewhere.

Please stay on topic, we're talking about the experience of prison life for Aaron Hernandez. Go create a new thread to attack the forum members.

 

[JoeKing]

Please stay on topic, we're talking about the experience of prison life for Aaron Hernandez. Go create a new thread to attack the forum members.

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[Rogah]

Because the families of those 2 killed in Boston deserve the trial. I get your point but if those were my family members, I'd like to see the scumbag tried and sentenced. Even if he's already been sentenced to life in another trial I would not care. Face the music for the other crimes he committed. Have to face those families he ruined in person.

Plus, those murders were committed a year earlier than the one he just got sentenced for. I hear they actually have more evidence on him than this current one. That it will be a slam dunk.

Also, it's possible that the current guilty verdict gets vacated for whatever reason. It is being appealed. Maybe they discover the prosecutor did something unethical.

I mean, I know that's not terribly likely but it has happened in the past, so nailing Hernendez for those other guys couldn't hurt.

 

[BringBackThatOleTimeBoys]

The last I read, it cost about $50,000 a year to keep a prisoner alive. The drugs for lethal injection can't be that high.

It' the trial to convict, the appeals and the Death Row incarnation that's expensive.