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is death row worth it?
By kansas.com
Published: 10/20/2009

States could save hundreds of millions of dollars by eliminating the death penalty, according to a report released today. The report, which includes a national survey of police chiefs, was compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit group that researches capital punishment.

“Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis,” cites recent efforts by Kansas and other states to abolish the death penalty for financial reasons.

While the center doesn’t specify a position on capital punishment, it has been criticized as being antideath penalty.

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