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Originally Posted by dissentowner
No, it doesn't. You don't think life sentence convicts also do multiple appeals? You bet they do, Rafferty is getting one right now. You are trying to say a guy hitting death row in 2009 and is executed in 2012 costs more than a guy who gets life in prison in 2009 and lives for another 30-40 years behind bars? Your math does not add up there my friend.
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Assessment of Costs by Judge Arthur Alarcon and Prof. Paula Mitchell (2011, updated 2012)
The authors concluded that the cost of the death penalty in California has totaled over $4 billion since 1978:- $1.94 billion--Pre-Trial and Trial Costs
- $925 million--Automatic Appeals and State Habeas Corpus Petitions
- $775 million--Federal Habeas Corpus Appeals
- $1 billion--Costs of Incarceration
The authors calculated that, if the Governor commuted the sentences of those remaining on death row to life without parole, it would result in an immediate savings of $170 million per year, with a savings of $5 billion over the next 20 years
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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty