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death row realism II

By cdw

Jack Payden-Travers of the ACLU?s Capital Punishment Project notes in the Pasadena Star-News: In Maryland, the Urban Institute study of March 2008 noted that it costs the state three times more to try a death penalty case than a non-death penalty case. The report stated that “an average capital-eligible case resulting in a death sentence will cost approximately $3 million, $1.9 million more than a case where the death penalty was not sought.” ?Since 1977 we?ve carried out over 1,100 executions in this country to the tune of what is conservatively estimated over $1 billion? That money has only purchased a system that doesn?t work. In the last 3 decades, 129 individuals have been released from death row because they were innocent. That?s one exoneration for every 9 executions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).