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Making an economic case against the death penalty

By Douglas A. Berman

This op-ed from a local paper in Califorinia, headlined "Price isn't right for the death penalty," makes a economic pitch against the use of the death penalty.  Here are excerpts:As the country's economic woes continue to mount, frightening many Americans, it has become clear that the United States simply cannot afford capital punishment. The death penalty is the revenue-guzzling SUV to the cost-efficient hybrid of life without parole. Researchers all over the country are crunching the numbers and coming to the same conclusion ? the death penalty is far too expensive. In its recently released report, the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice found that California's current death penalty system costs $137 million annually compared with $11...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 28, 2008 (boomark / email).