The Death Penalty -OOPS Wrong Guy Sorry

I have been reading alot about the death penalty recently, This issue has taken on a life of its own, we have arguments from abolitionists that it is cruel and barbaric. we have arguments from pro Death penalty saying and eye for an eye, and its a deterrent but is that really true? is either side right. I want to look at this issue from a logical side and let you make up your own mind.

Pro Death penalty advocates use the argument of " why should society pay to house those that commit heinous crimes against society", if we execute them we can save hundreds of thousands of dollars. this argument has long been used however the reality is it costs the tax payers so much more to execute then it does to imprison for life.

each capital case cost approximately $117,00 more than a non capital murder trial, the reason for this is because of the irreversibility of the sentence if it is carried out. the combination of Pre trial motions, expert witness costs and jury selections which in itself can be a long and drawn out process, add to the increased costs. After a person has been convicted and sentenced to death there is mandated appeals that again add a higher cost to a capital case for both the prosecution as well as the defense.

A single Death penalty case in the state of Texas costs the tax payers approximately $2.3 million dollars this is triple what it would cost to imprison the same individual in a single cell at the highest security level for a term of 40 years. Texas is not the only state where the costs of the Death penalty exceed that of incarceration if California were to abolish the Death penalty it is estimated that the state would save around $90 million annually, In Florida the cost of executing is six times higher then imprisoning and individual for life without parole.