2006-11-01 05:49:46 · 8 answers · asked by K Ferg 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
The cost of carrying out an execution is difficult to assess. The average cost to house an inmate is about $33, 581 per year. Staff assigned to the execution team receives their regular, budgeted salaries. The cost of the execution procedure, including the chemicals utilized, is minimal.
The real cost involved in the capital punishment procedure is related to the court reviews, both those mandated by the Legislature as well as the appeal procedures initiated by the convicted inmates’ legal staff. These costs vary depending upon the resources of the convicted inmate and the length of the court procedures involved.
Death penalty trials are more expensive than ordinary murder trials. They entail more pre-trial preparation time, more attorneys, longer jury selections, more expert witnesses, and a heightened level of due process. They are 3 to 5 times longer, and the defendant is less likely to simply plead guilty to avoid a trial if there is a chance of being executed.
According to Richard Dieter, Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C., the most comprehensive cost study was published by Duke University researchers in 1993. This two-year study determined North Carolina's capital cases cost at least an extra $2.16 million per execution, compared to what taxpayers would have spent if defendants were tried without the death penalty and sentenced to life in prison. Applying those figures nationally would mean $1.69 billion were spent on the 784 executions carried out nationwide since 1976 (in 1993 dollars).
2006-11-01 06:09:57 · answer #1 · answered by jemmy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hundreds of thousands of dollars, mainly because of the lengthy jail time, court costs, etc involved.
2006-11-01 13:51:10 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feed them to the Lions and save on pet food. This way you make a profit.
2006-11-01 14:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by Pappy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than it costs to keep him alive in a cell, without possibility of parole...
2006-11-01 13:54:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
$1.50 , about 0.65 a bullet, aim at the back of the brain stem
2006-11-01 13:52:33 · answer #5 · answered by reno_tony_casino 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
depends if you want to get caught or not
2006-11-01 13:56:48 · answer #6 · answered by Yenny V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you get caught.
2006-11-01 13:59:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check your gas bill
2006-11-01 16:08:43 · answer #8 · answered by dashriprockrock 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋