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By Steve Hall

Dan Peitzmeyer writes the OpEd, "Perpetuating the death penalty just isn't cost-effective," for today's Arizona Republic.  He's vice president of the Arizona Death Penalty Forum.In tight economic times, efforts must be taken to save money. Every cost study in the U.S. shows that the death penalty is more expensive than life in prison, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit that opposes the death penalty. The center reported ending the financially wasteful death penalty would save "hundreds of millions."Capital case costs spiral from the onset. Every stage, from jury selection through the appeals process, consumes more time and money than a typical criminal case...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 13, 2010 (boomark / email).