[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by creekster

Moreover, they are still sucking up the exepnse of living during an appeal, so we are talking about the margin between the end of the apppeals process and their natural (or unnatural) death. ... Perhpas SU cna chime in on this.

From LexisNexis:
Studies show that it costs more to keep an inmate on death row and to put him or her to death than it does to keep him or her in jail for life. Cases that begin as capital trials - where the punishment being sought is the death penalty - are much more expensive than normal murder trials. The process is longer, tying up our courts for more time, which in turn costs us more money in taxes. In a recent study, Duke University researchers showed in North Carolina, capital cases costs an average of $2.16 million more per case.


Nice avatar pic!