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Maryland taxpayers spend $186 million on death penalty statutes

By National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Today a study analyzing the cost of the death penalty was released in Maryland. The study is described as one of the most comprehensive ever conducted. There are, of course, a number of reasons why the death penalty represents flawed public policy. The fact that it is such an enormous drain on taxpayer resources always has been near the top of my list.Here's a Baltimore Sun article that discusses the study:March 6, 2008Death penalty costs Md. more than life termBy Jennifer McMenaminBaltimore Sun reporterThe death penalty has cost Maryland taxpayers at least $186 million more in prosecuting and defending capital murder cases over two decades than would have been spent without the threat of execution, according to a study to be released today...continue to full post

Full post as published by Abolish the Death Penalty on March 06, 2008 (boomark / email).