That compares apples to oranges though. For that comparision to be accurate,
you must say that people getting life sentences have 0 court costs. I bet
most people getting a life system appeal just as vigorously as those getting
the death penalty.
To be accurate you must compare:
average court cost + cost of average execution
vs
average court cost + cost of average life imprisonment
-george
>From: Stewart McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Revenge has it's place
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:23:07 +0100
>
>A 1982 in-depth study of death penalty costs in New York placed the cost of
>executing a prisoner at over $1.8 million. This figure is three times the
>cost of imprisoning a person for life, and it includes only three stages of
>judicial proceedings. It does not include additional court, security, and
>counsel fees, nor does it include estimated millions of dollars associated
>with state and federal post-conviction reviews and with the execution
>itself.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: George Kaytor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>What is the cost to society for life imprisonment? I'd rather have my tax
>dollars go elsewhere........
>
>
>
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