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Letting Go of the Death Penalty

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

Richard C. Dieter, Executive Director of Death Penalty Information Center, had an excellent article published by the Huffington Post that makes a compelling argument for "letting go of the death penalty."Read the article by clicking HERE.Dieter examines the death penalty for what it truly is: a costly, time consuming, resource expending, and flawed public policy. In this time of financial crisis, Dieter questions the death penalty's existence as public expenditures like education and health care are in jeopardy.Consider these facts from the article:-California spends $138 million per year on their death penalty "but only executes less than one person every two years"-California is now planning a new death row that will cost the state $400 million-Maryland's death penalty over the past 28 years has cost $37 million per execution-Florida spends $24 million per execution-California spends $250 million per executionTennessee is not an exception...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).