What Was Spent

There is a slant in this article - Court Docs Show State Paid over $12,000 to Interpreter for Accused Killer of Mollie Tibbetts - that indicates I should be angry about the amount of money spent for translation in this case.

I'm not angry.

I think it is well-spent money.

Here's my take. If this guy murdered Mollie Tibbetts, he should be locked up forever and never be a free man. In order to do that, I'm guessing that every t needs to be crossed and every i needs to have a dot above it. Thus, if $12,000 is going to ensure he is never free, it is money well-spent.