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death penalty cases are subject to twice as many appeals as an inprisonment case. many of the appeals also have to go throw more hearings because of the nature of the death penalty
extra security with in death row itself. typically you will find 1 guard for every 2 death row prisoners on duty vs the 1 guard for every 30-50 prisoners in general population.
about 8 extra professional staff members brought in on the execution date costing $100+ an hour
even the execution itself costs several thousnads of dollars, lethal injection is cheapest, then gas chamber, and the electric chair is very very expensive.
if you take the excess expense of putting someone to death and put that money into buying books for school or providing actual rehabilitation programs for prisoners you may actually be able to make a difference in society.
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