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Reviewing 15 state studies of death-penalty costs conducted between 2000 and 2016, the study found that, across the country, seeking the death penalty imposes an average of approximately $700,000 more in costs than not seeking death.
15 Απρ 2016 · A preliminary study by South Dakotans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, examining first-degree murder cases since 1985 that have resulted in a death sentence or life in prison, found that on average, legal costs in death penalty cases exceeded those in the other cases by $353,105.
1 Ιουλ 2008 · When death penalty trials result in a verdict less than death or are reversed, taxpayers first incur all the extra costs of capital pretrial and trial proceedings and must then also pay either for the cost of incarcerating the prisoner for life or the costs of a retrial (which often leads to a life sentence).
7 Δεκ 2016 · • The most comprehensive study in the country found that the death penalty costs North Carolina $2.16 million per execution over the costs of sentencing murderers to life imprisonment. The majority of those costs occur at the trial level.
The high price of the death penalty is often most keenly felt in those counties responsible for both the prosecution and defense of capital defendants. A single trial can mean near bankruptcy, tax increases, and the laying off of vital personnel.
28 Απρ 2023 · Intuitively, it may seem as though executing someone would be less expensive to the state than a sentence of life in prison, which could require keeping them alive behind bars for decades. But opponents of the death penalty often claim in fact, the reverse is true.
28 Απρ 2016 · Each death penalty inmate costs approximately $1.12 million (2015 USD) more than a general population inmate.
