Serial killer spared from death penalty, dies old man (his retirement cost $1M)

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation,

Oregon serial killer, Jeffrey Paul Cutlip (also known as Jesse Andre D’Breeze) confessed to killing two women and one teen girl. He tied up his victims and abused their bodies after they were killed. Because Oregon had the death penalty back in 2012, the issue of the death penalty was part of his final plea deal. Now, Oregon has no death penalty, except under certain narrow circumstances, because of a law passed by liberal lawmakers a few years ago.

Without a death penalty, there is less reason for serial killers to enter in to plea agreements, even if they confess.

Without a death penalty, taxpayers continue to foot the bill to house criminals. In this case, the killer likely cost taxpayers $1.1 million in prison costs for his internment spanning nearly 15 years.