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The Cost of the Death Penalty in Maryland
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Abstract
This study assesses the death penalty's costs to Maryland taxpayers by
examining a sample of the 1,136 death-eligible murder cases occurring
between 1978 and 1999. We find that an average capital-eligible case in
which prosecutors did not seek the death penalty will cost
approximately $1.1 million over the lifetime of the case. A
capital-eligible case in which prosecutors unsuccessfully sought the
death penalty will cost $1.8 million and a capital-eligible case
resulting in a death sentence will cost approximately $3 million. In
total, we forecast that the lifetime costs to Maryland taxpayers of
these capitally-prosecuted cases will be $186 million.
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