Originally posted by wax
The average cost of a death penalty case is anywhere from $1.6 - 2.8 million dollars depending on the expert opinion you want to believe. The average amount of money spent on housing an inmate for a year is about $30,000. So, Unless the inmate is incarcerated at 18 and lives to be anywhere from 75-105 (again, matching up with the previous numbers), no money is saved on the death penalty.
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