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Taking stock of the costs of life and death (sentences) in Maryland

By Douglas A. Berman

Today's Baltimore Sun has this interesting pieceheadlined "The steep price of 'life means life' in Maryland: Time for a commission on the cost of allowing governors to say no to parole for even senior lifers." Here are excerpts: When the commission on capital punishment in Maryland, headed by former U.S. Attorney General Ben Civiletti, issued its final report last year, it concluded that the death penalty was not a cost-effective tool in the cause of public safety ? in short, it was a waste of taxpayer money....  "There are other areas in the Maryland criminal justice system where such resources could be applied and significant results could be expected," the report concluded. It's time for another independent commission to look at two more questions in this realm of cost-effective public safety: 1...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 24, 2010 (boomark / email).