I don't believe any ONE thing from that link. It is very subjective and misleading. After all..... the site is anti-death penalty. I don't think I'm willing to do extensive research on numbers in detail unless I get paid to do it
HOWEVER - it is true that death penalty costs more than life imprisonment but why I say the data from that site is a horseshit because they're probably using a different kind of estimation which they tend to use upper limit of error to make their case looks shocking.
Statistic from that site - Year 2006:
1. 3,350 total number of death row inmates in USA
2. 660 death row inmates in California
3. California taxpayers pay at least $117 million each year post-trial seeking execution of the people currently on death row
4.
More than 3500 men and woman have received this sentence in California since 1978 and NOT ONE has been released, except those few individuals who were able to prove their innocence.
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data from Bureau of Justice)
1. 2006 - there are 3,228 inmates in USA awaiting for execution
2. 669 death row inmates in CA
3. 13 have been executed since 1976 in CA
4.
3 has been freed from death row
5. CA's 2006 State Budget:
$131 Billion
now you see why I don't believe any one single bit from the site? It will shock you, scare you, mislead you into believing death penalty is wrong and incredibly expensive! It is difficult and time-consuming for me to research deeply in how the cost is spent and how the lost cost is recovered so I don't think it raises a serious concern on how much money taxpayers pay for it because I'm sure CA recovered some of it back through other means although... the cost it spent on death row inmates surely looks minuscule from $131 billion, don't ya think?!
