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An Examination of Death Penalty Costs in Lubbock

By Steve Hall

Logan Carver writes, "Death penalty cases more expensive than lifetime imprisonment, but local CDA says cost never a consideration."  It appeared in the Sunday edition of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.  Here's an extended excerpt:Legal experts and trial attorneys agree that most people outside the legal community don?t realize the high cost of the death penalty. This fall, Gray County spent nearly $1 million seeking the death penalty against Levi King, who pleaded guilty to slaying a pregnant woman, her husband and her son.Lubbock County spent more than $200,000 on its last death penalty case trying Rosendo Rodriguez III in 2008.These costs do not include the cost of appeals, which can more than double the cost in capital cases, according to capital case experts...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).