Analyzes 1,136 capital cases between 1978 and 1999 to estimate the total costs to the state's taxpayers (i.e., prison and adjudication costs for the duration of the case) when the death penalty is sought compared to when it is not.
Title: The Cost of the Death Penalty in Maryland
Publication date 2008-03-06
Publication Year 2008
Authors
Aaron Chalfin
, Aaron Sundquist
, Askar Darmenov
, Carly Knight
, John Roman
Copyright holder(s)
Urban Institute
Geographical Focus
North America / United States (Southern) / Maryland
Keywords
cost
, cases
, penalty
, death sentence
, death
Document type
Report/Whitepaper
Language
English
URL: https://www.issuelab.org/resource/the-cost-of-the-death-penalty-in-maryland.html
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