I agree 100%. I also believe in Public hanging in an old tree, and/or a firing line... both much cheaper than our standard practice of letting them live on "death row" for numerous years with no worries about food, water, etc.
We spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep them there, when...
I was on the phone with them a few weeks ago and was told the exact same thing. They were taking 17,000 applications in a month and turning out 13,000.... I am still waiting on my first can, I was at the 6-7 month mark when I called (from check cashed). Pending date was nearly 3 months after...
I read the same articles and had the same feelings. I can't stand the way things are handled in the system! I have a very cheap alternative for murderers and rapists..... Too bad they won't bring it back from the "old west".