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Indiana Attorney General urges examination of death penalty's costs

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this effective local article, which is headlined "Lawmakers urged to debate steep costs of death penalty," Indiana's AG is urging his state to consider seriously the economics of the administration of the death penalty.  Here are excerpts from the piece: Attorney General Greg Zoeller used a legal summit to kick-start a statewide discussion of the financial burdens associated with the death penalty in Indiana.  He told 75 lawyers and law students at a University of Notre Dame event Monday that state lawmakers and policymakers should take a hard look at the costs and fiscal burden of capital punishment cases in Indiana. But he did not call for a repeal of or moratorium on the death penalty. He also had no specific proposals.  Zoeller said the costs for a lengthy capital murder case can be exorbitant for a county government, including the costs of death penalty-qualified defense lawyers, expert witnesses, courthouse security and lodging for sequestered jurors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 17, 2010 (boomark / email).