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Financial Facts About the Death Penalty. Oklahoma. An independent study of the costs of seeking and imposing the death penalty in Oklahoma, prepared for the Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission, found that seeking the death penalty in Oklahoma . Collins and Matthew J. Hickman and law professor Robert C. Boruchowitz, with research support by Alexa D. O’Brien—determined that, on average, Oklahoma capital cases cost 3.
Reviewing 1. 5 state studies of death penalty costs conducted between 2. The researchers wrote that .
Capital prosecutions, it found, cost the counties more than 1. Prosecutors spent triple in pre- trial and trial costs on death penalty proceedings, while defense teams spent nearly 1. Oklahoma capital appeal proceedings cost between five and six times more than non- capital appeals of first- degree murder convictions. The researchers said their results were . There is not one credible study, to our knowledge, that presents evidence to the contrary.
New Mexico. A February 2. Fiscal Impact Report prepared by the Legislative Finance Committee of the New Mexico legislature estimated that bringing back the death penalty for three types of homicides in the state would cost as much as $7. The report notes that . The Fiscal Impact Report also contains a survey of costs incurred by a number of other states in administering their death penalty statutes. Excluding state prison costs, the study found, cases that result in death sentences may be three to four times more expensive. The study found that 6.
Oregon cost taxpayers an average of $2. Excluding state prison costs, the difference was even more stark: $1.
The study also found that death penalty costs were escalating over time, from $2. All costs are in 2. The study examined cost data from local jails, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Office of Public Defense Services, and the Department of Justice, which provided information on appeals costs. Prosecution costs were not included because district attorney's office budgets were not broken down by time spent on each case. Among the reasons cited for the higher cost in death penalty cases were the requirement for appointment of death- qualified defense lawyers, more pre- and post- trial filings by both prosecutors and the defense, lengthier and more complicated jury selection practices, the two- phase death penalty trial, and more extensive appeals once a death sentence had been imposed.
Professor Aliza Kaplan, one of the authors of the study, said, . The state currently has a moratorium on executions.(A. New study examines 1. Ernest Goss, a Creighton University economics professor who founded the conservative think tank, Goss & Associates, found that the state spends $1. The study, The Economic Impact of the Death Penalty on the State of Nebraska: A Taxpayer Burden?, also estimated that each death penalty prosecution cost Nebraska's taxpayers about $1. Conducting a meta- analysis of cost studies conducted across the country, Dr. Gross estimated that the death penalty costs states with capital punishment an average of $2.
The study found that states with the death penalty spend about 3. Nebraska between 1. Of those sentenced to death, the study found that 1. The study was commissioned by Retain a Just Nebraska, an organization advocating for Nebraskans to vote to retain the Nebraska legislature's repeal of the state's death penalty in the November 2. E. Using data from a 2. Urban Institute, the Eagle calculated that cost of sentencing 4.
The estimate is conservative, the paper says, because it assumes only one capital trial for each defendant and it does not include the cost of cases in which the death penalty was sought but not imposed. The total cost may exceed $1 billion. An earlier investigation had estimated a cost of at least $3. The analysis also found that a death penalty case resolved by guilty plea still cost more than 2.
Read the April 2. A second assessment prepared on May 4, 2. It also found that death penalty cases tried to a jury costs counties an average of $3. The assessment found that death penalty cases resolved by a plea agreement are still significantly more expensive than non- capital cases that go to trial. The $1. 48,5. 13 average expenditure counties paid for capital cases that were resolved by plea was 4. Read the May 2. 01. Washington. A Seattle University study examining the costs of the death penalty in Washington found that each death penalty case cost an average of $1 million more than a similar case where the death penalty was not sought ($3.
Defense costs were about three times as high in death penalty cases and prosecution costs were as much as four times higher than for non- death penalty cases. Criminal Justice Professor Peter Collins, the lead author of the study, said, “What this provides is evidence of the costs of death- penalty cases, empirical evidence. This is purely about the economics; whether or not it’s worth the investment is up to the public, the voters of Washington and the people we elected.” (Although Washington's death penalty was reinstated in 1. Using only cases in the study, the gross bill to taxpayers for the death penalty will be about $1.
Washington has carried out five executions since reinstatement, implying a cost of $2. In three of those five cases, the inmate waived parts of his appeals, thus reducing costs.) The study was not able to include the likely higher yearly incarceration costs for death row inmates versus those not on death row.(J. See earlier Washington study. Nevada. A 2. 01. 4 recent study commissioned by the Nevada legislature found that the average death penalty case costs a half million dollars more than a case in which the death penalty is not sought.
The Legislative Auditor estimated the cost of a murder trial in which the death penalty was sought cost $1. The auditor summarized the study's findings, saying, . These cases are more costly because there are procedural safeguards in place to ensure the sentence is just and free from error. The study was based on a sample of Nevada murder cases and include the costs of incarceration.
Because certain court and prosecution costs could not be obtained, the authors said the costs were, . See earlier Nevada study. Kansas. Defending a death penalty case costs about four times as much as defending a case where the death penalty is not sought, according to a new study by the Kansas Judicial Council. Examining 3. 4 potential death- penalty cases from 2. Costs incurred by the trial court showed a similar disparity: $7. Even in cases that ended in a guilty plea and did not go to trial, cases where the death penalty was sought incurred about twice the costs for both defense ($1.
The time spent on death cases was also much higher. Jury trials averaged 4. Justices of the Kansas Supreme Court assigned to write opinions estimated they spent 2. The Department of Corrections said housing prisoners on death row cost more than twice as much per year ($4. See earlier Kansas study here. Idaho. A new, but limited, study of the costs of the death penalty in Idaho found that capital cases are more costly and take much more time to resolve than non- capital cases. One measure of death- penalty costs was reflected in the time spent by attorneys handling appeals.
The State Appellate Public Defenders office spent about 4. Capital cases with trials took 2. The study was commissioned by the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee and performed by the Office of Performance Evaluations.
The study also noted how infrequently the death penalty was applied in Idaho: of the 2. More than half of the 4. The study, published in the University of Denver Criminal Law Review, found that LWOP cases required an average of 2. The authors noted that selecting a jury in an LWOP case takes about a day and a half; in a capital case, jury selection averages 2.
In measuring the comparative time it takes to go from charging a defendant to final sentencing, the study found that LWOP cases took an average of 5. The study found that even when a death- penalty case ends in a plea agreement and a life sentence, the process takes a year and a half longer than an LWOP case with a trial. Paula Mitchell (2. The authors concluded that the cost of the death penalty in California has totaled over $4 billion since 1. Pre- Trial and Trial Costs$9.
Automatic Appeals and State Habeas Corpus Petitions$7. 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 $1. See DPIC's Summary of 2. California Cost Study. Report of the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice (2. The additional cost of confining an inmate to death row, as compared to the maximum security prisons where those sentenced to life without possibility of parole ordinarily serve their sentences, is $9. With California’s current death row population of 6. Using conservative rough projections, the Commission estimates the annual costs of the present (death penalty) system to be $1.
The cost of the present system with reforms recommended by the Commission to ensure a fair process would be $2. The cost of a system in which the number of death- eligible crimes was significantly narrowed would be $1. The cost of a system which imposes a maximum penalty of lifetime incarceration instead of the death penalty would be $1. Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice, June 3. See more California information below.
Maryland. Study Reveals Costs in Maryland: $1. Million for Five Executions. A study released by the Urban Institute on March 6, 2. Maryland since 1.