Does it cost more to keep a person alive, in jail, for the rest of their lives, or does it cost more to simply execute them

Answer

It is about $216,000 to execute a person and $62.01 a day to house an inmate. It depends on how long the inmate lives. ChaCha!

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Description: $216,000

Oct 06 2009, 07:39pm

Comments
chantel (@yep)

well i think that is true but is that an average of all states? or is that for just one state?

Nov 19 2009, 10:01am

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