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Death Row Inmates in Idaho Rarely Executed

By Steve Hall

That's the title of a report in today's Idaho Press-Tribune.  It's written by Sharon Strauss.  LINKPlacing an offender on death row in Idaho is more expensive than housing that inmate for life. A costly and lengthy appeals process makes the death penalty anywhere from two to five times more expensive to administer than a life sentence, BSU criminal justice professor Michael Blankenship said. Only one person in Idaho has been executed in the past 52 years.And:Possible innocence and the cost of lengthy trials and appeals are the main reasons why many death-eligible cases like Roberts' end up in a plea agreement, "It's cheaper and at least you can reverse a sentence if you find out the person was wrongfully convicted," Boise State University criminal justice professor Blankenship said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 15, 2010 (boomark / email).