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Willravel · 03-23-2007, 07:12 PM

I don't want to threadjack, but you should know a few things about the death penalty:
- Capital cases burden county budgets with large unexpected costs, according to a report released by the National Bureau of Economic Research, "The Budgetary Repercussions of Capital Convictions," by Katherine Baicker. Counties manage these high costs by decreasing funding for highways and police and by increasing taxes. The report estimates that between 1982-1997 the extra cost of capital trials was $1.6 billion. (NBER Working Paper No. w8382, Issued in July 2001)
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/arti...did=108&scid=7
-"Elimination of the death penalty would result in a net savings to the state of at least several tens of millions of dollars annually, and a net savings to local governments in the millions to tens of millions of dollars on a statewide basis." -Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the California Legislature, Sept. 9, 1999
- The estimated costs for the death penalty in New York since 1995 (when it was reinstated): $160 million, or approximately $23 million for each person sentenced to death. To date, no executions have been carried out.
(The Times Union, Sept. 22, 2003)
- In Tennessee, death penalty trials cost an average of 48% more than the average cost of trials in which prosecutors seek life imprisonment.
(2004 Report from Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Office of Research)
http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/cost.html

Either way the tax payers would foot the bill, I'm afraid.

03-23-2007, 07:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	I don't want to threadjack, but you should know a few things about the death penalty: - Capital cases burden county budgets with large unexpected costs, according to a report released by the National Bureau of Economic Research, "The Budgetary Repercussions of Capital Convictions," by Katherine Baicker. Counties manage these high costs by decreasing funding for highways and police and by increasing taxes. The report estimates that between 1982-1997 the extra cost of capital trials was $1.6 billion. (NBER Working Paper No. w8382, Issued in July 2001) http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/arti...did=108&scid=7 -"Elimination of the death penalty would result in a net savings to the state of at least several tens of millions of dollars annually, and a net savings to local governments in the millions to tens of millions of dollars on a statewide basis." -Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the California Legislature, Sept. 9, 1999 - The estimated costs for the death penalty in New York since 1995 (when it was reinstated): $160 million, or approximately $23 million for each person sentenced to death. To date, no executions have been carried out. (The Times Union, Sept. 22, 2003) - In Tennessee, death penalty trials cost an average of 48% more than the average cost of trials in which prosecutors seek life imprisonment. (2004 Report from Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Office of Research) http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/cost.html Either way the tax payers would foot the bill, I'm afraid.