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Originally Posted by slapass
All death penalty cases have to go before the supreme court. They cost more then life in prison.
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It is estimated nationwide (so it will vary from state to state) that it costs an average of $2 million more to put someone to death than it does to keep them in prison for life.
Take a state like California. Currently they have about 700 people sitting on death row. That means they will end up spending an extra $1.4 billion dollars they are going to spend on these people.
I would imagine there are better ways that the state could spend that money.