what is the average cost for death penalties per year?

Question

i need this soon i have an important presentation due tomorrow.

Answer 1

Capital Punishment Statistics
Cost per Day per Offender:$61.58 (based on FY2002)
In 2006, 53 inmates were executed, 7 fewer than in 2005.
Executions, 1930-2006
Of persons executed in 2006:
-- 32 were white
-- 21 were black

Answer 2

Your first answer, from airbob6, is wrong. The numbers vary from state to state, and year to year. I can can give you one example, that of New York State:

The death penalty costs far more than life in prison. The extra costs begin even before the trial. New York spent over 200 million dollars to sentence just 7 men to death since 1995. Only 4 of the 7 men had an appeal (just one). The cost of imprisoning someone, in New York State, is $35,000 per year. Speaks for itself.

Answer 3

The cost of an execution is certainly infinitely cheaper than warehousing an inmate in prison for the rest of his life.

Answer 4

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