GoFuckYourself.com - Adult Webmaster Forum - View Single Post - California death row inmates cost $135k/yearly

kane · 09-02-2009, 06:29 PM

A lot of that number is legal costs. Most inmates cost around 35K a year to house (obviously some states will be higher or lower than that amount), but with death row inmates there are a certain amount of mandatory appeals and legal proceedings that must take place and just about every death row inmate has a public defender so it all costs money. The legal bills add up fast with death row inmates.

I am opposed to the death penalty strictly for this reason. It costs more to put them to death then it would to keep them alive and house them for life.

09-02-2009, 06:29 PM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	A lot of that number is legal costs. Most inmates cost around 35K a year to house (obviously some states will be higher or lower than that amount), but with death row inmates there are a certain amount of mandatory appeals and legal proceedings that must take place and just about every death row inmate has a public defender so it all costs money. The legal bills add up fast with death row inmates. I am opposed to the death penalty strictly for this reason. It costs more to put them to death then it would to keep them alive and house them for life.