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The economic case against the death penalty getting more and more attention

By Douglas A. Berman

Regular readers should not be surprised that one echo effect of hard economic times is that opponents of capital punishment are finding it easier to argue against the death penalty because of the extraordinary expense of properly administering the punishment of death. Here are just a few recent newspaper pieces reflecting these realities: From Kansas here, "Death penalty opponents introduce bill to abolish executions based on cost" From Montana here, "From a financial perspective, the death penalty fails" From Virginia here, "Expanding the death penalty is fiscally irresponsible" From the mountain states here, "One state looks to cut the death penalty, put money elsewhere"

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 05, 2009 (boomark / email).