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The Cost of the Death Penalty - From Sea to Shining Sea

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The question is being raised in New Hampshire and California.  In the Sunday Manchester Union Leader, Nancy West reported, "Capital questions: How much do death penalty cases cost?"With two capital murder cases tried in the last month, some in New Hampshire are now questioning how much the cases will wind up costing the state -- in dollars and in the handling of other cases by the Attorney General's Office.State Sen. Lou D'Allesandro wants a detailed explanation of how Attorney General Kelly Ayotte is spending the extra $1.4 million the legislative Fiscal Committee approved for prosecution of two capital murder cases.And former prosecutor Barbara Keshen says other criminal cases must be getting short-changed because so many resources are being devoted to those cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).