DEATH PENALTY Mariana Guiza

Death penalty is the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime.

WHAT IS DEATH PENALTY?

$1.9 billion (trial costs) $925 million (automatic appeals and state

habeas corpus petitions) $775 million (federal habeas corpus

appeals) $1 billion (costs of incarceration)

HOW MUCH MONEY IS SPENT ONT THE DEATH PENAITY?

Since 1978 4 billion dollars have bin spent in California for the courses of using the death penalty

11 executions cost about 90,000 dollars.

IN CALIFORNIA…

First stage The states highest court can attempt an appeal from a conviction and death sentence

After reviewing the case, the judge can state the conviction and reverse the death sentence

DIRECT APPEAL

Second StageMultiple more issues rise like new discovered evidence

State Post-Convictions

Final Stage Can raise issues outside the trial record Judge can overturn the sentence

Federal Habeas Corpus

Governor can postpone the execution to another time

Can make the case a lesser sentence

Executive Clemency

Spends $47,102 on a person

Life in Prison

Prisons spend about $20,000 on security

Type of Expenditure

Medical Care $9,000 Psychiatric

Services $2,000 Pharmaceuticals $1,000 Dental Care $1,000

Inmate Health Care

Facility Operations $5,000 Classification Services $2,000 Maintenance of

inmate records $1,000 Reception, testing,

assignment and transportation

$500

Operations

Inmate Support Food $2,000 Activities $1,000 Clothing $200

Academic Education $1,000 Vocational Training $500 Substance Abuse

Programs $500

Rehabilitations

I think that I would stop the death penalty and make the prisoners stay in prison for the rest of their life.

The money that is use for the death penalty can be use for important stuff not killing people. Like making more prisons.

How would I make changes?

Because its wrong It’s a waste of money If they make more prisons than they don’t

have to kill them.

Why?

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Savage, David. "Los Angeles County leads the U.S. in imposing the death penalty." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2013. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. <http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/01/nation/la-na-california-death-penalty-20131002>.

"Death Penalty Focus." Death Penalty. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. <http://www.deathpenalty.org/>.

"2013 Death Penalty Report." Center for Constitution RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. <http://www.ccrjustice.org/death-penalty>.

"California." Death Penalty Information Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. <http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/category/categories/states/california?page=8>.

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