Study: Death Penalty Will Cost California Up To $7.7 Billion By 2050

Study: Death Penalty Will Cost California Up To $7.7 Billion By 2050: pCalifornia’s prison system is severely overcrowded and expensive, but incarceration for those sentenced to life without parole is not the state’s most costly form of punishment. With a state initiative to eliminate capital punishment on the ballot this November, an updated study by a law professor and a federal appeals court judge projects that California’s [...]/p