The Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

There is a general idea that the death penalty is less costly than life imprisonment. General public belief that the cost of having a convicted criminal in prison for life is higher, this is due to the amount of time that a person is spend behind bars; it is logical to think that if a person is behind bars for ten years and then executed the cost will be less than a person who spends forty or fifty years behind bars and then pass of natural causes. Logic tells us that the cost of keeping that person alive, medical expenses, food, facilities and keeping them secured, will surpass the cost of execution. Even when proven that life without the possibility of parole is a less expensive, supporters of the death penalty would still conserved the idea that capital punishment is a better option. According to Mandery , “death penalty cases are more

The prisoners will file for secondary reviews of the State Supreme Court, and in some cases from the United States Supreme Court. The cost of defense is also higher; most states required two defense attorneys to be appointed to represent the defendant, and those charges are cover by the state. Furthermore, the prosecution attorneys are also cover by the state. Moreover, both the defense and the state normally gather information thru private investigators (Mandery 2010)(p.86). Additionally, the defendant has “the right to present unlimited mitigating evidence, guarantee by Lockett v. Ohio (Mandery, 2010)(p.85). Also, the defendant has the right to ask for reviews on their case, and gubernatorial clemency. All of these cost need to calculated for the final cost of a death penalty case. It is important to consider that death is different; the state is taking a life, it is imperative for the state to go thru all of the time consuming and expensive procedures to make sure that all of the defendants’ rights have been