How much does it cost for death penalty?

Answer 1

Average cost in both Texas and Florida is 2.3 million. This, however includes the multiple appeals, the average 6 year incarceration of the prisoner before appeals are exhausted and then the actual execution.

Answer 2

The death penalty is very important. however we, as a country are spending entirly way too much money on our prisoners where we could be spending it on something more usefull. The death penalty process takes entirely to long and needs a lot of improvement.The Death Penalty is wrong for several reasons. Among the most important is that it is not a deterrent to murder. When a person commits murder their mind can be in only a limited number of states. 1. They do not believe they will get caught. 2. They do not care if they are caught. 3. Because of impaired mental capacity ( retardation or insanity) they are not able to understand the consequences of their actions or they or not able to understand that what they are doing is wrong.

The death penalty also kills innocent people and is applied arbitrarily with regard to race and/or socio-economic status.

It is also expensive. The major costs involve the required expert testimony and the punishment trial. Some would argue that the appeals processes take too long, but who could , in good conscience, place a time limit on proving one's innocence? A number of exonerees in Texas took an average of 9 years to prove their innocence. To have executed them would have meant killing innocent people, and allowing the actual murderers to remain free to kill again.

Answer 3

The cost of the death penalty will vary by state. In California it costs about 90,000 dollars more than life without the possibility of parole. Death penalty case costs were counted in Kansas through execution with a median cost of 1.26 million dollars. Non-death penalty case costs were counted through to the end of incarceration (median cost $740,000).

Answer 4

It depends on how much the appeals process costs the State. When a person is sentenced to Death, an automatic appeal is mandated. I'm not sure if the convict can choose to for go these appeals and just be put to death. That would be much much cheaper. I know that sometimes the appeals process costs more than just housing the convicted in prison for the rest of their lives.

Answer 5

At one time someone calculated that with all the appeals, it cost about 12 million dollars to put a person to death in a particular state. That is a lot of money for all the time spent by all the lawyers and judges. That is far, far more money that it would cost to keep that prisoner in maximum custody for the rest of his life. As long as people like to pay high taxes, we will have the death penalty.

Answer 6

The study estimates that the average cost to Maryland taxpayers for reaching a single death sentence is $3 million - $1.9 million more than the cost of a non-death penalty case. (This includes investigation, trial, appeals, and incarceration costs}.

Answer 7

a lot of money

Answer 8

$2.16 million per execution roughly.

Answer 9

Your life