crazily it costs substantially more to execute a person in the us

than to incarcerate them for life.

from the equal justice usa website:

"The most rigorous cost study in the country found that a single death sentence in Maryland costs almost $2 million more than a comparable non-death penalty case. Before ending the death penalty, Maryland spent $186 million extra to carry out just five executions.

A similar study showed that California has spent over $4 billion extra for the death penalty since 1978.

A study in North Carolina looked at cases in 2005 and 2006 and concluded that repealing the death penalty could have saved the state nearly $22 million in just those two years."

Posted By: Tombs, Feb 28, 17:19:16