claim: "it costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees."
author: gary johnson
evidence_1: capital prosecutions, it found, cost the counties more than 1½ times the amount  of incarceration costs than did non-capital trials because capital defendants .... by  the urban institute, the eagle calculated that cost of sentencing 408 people to  death was an estimated $816 million higher than the cost of life without parole.
evidence_2: mar 7, 2009 ... in hard economic times, more states say it costs more to execute killers than to  imprison them for life. ... death penalty trials are more expensive for several  reasons: they often require extra lawyers; there are strict experience  requirements for attorneys, leading to lengthy appellate waits while capable ...
evidence_3: may 1, 2014 ... in 1992, he pleaded guilty to burglary, knowingly concealing stolen property and  he pleaded no contest to charges of intimidating state witnesses. in 1996 ... "it's  10 times more expensive to kill them than to keep them alive,"says donald  mccartin, known as the hanging judge of orange county. mccartin ...
evidence_4: sep 21, 2011 ... yakima, wash- many were outraged at the announcement that the man accused  of killing three west valley people would not face the death penalty. some  comments on our website and facebook page asked about the costs involved.  so what costs more? capital punishment or life behind bars?
evidence_5: either way, those who rely on this argument are often surprised to find out that it  actually costs more (a lot more) to execute someone than to keep them in prison  for the rest of their lives. and, it is a point that may have an impact on the death  penalty argument from a government point of view, as well. much to the surprise  of ...