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The Economics of the Death Penalty


	Costs of the Death Penalty Facts and figures from various studies, from the Death Penalty Information Center.


	Fiscal Tradeoffs: How the Death Penalty Impacts State & Local Budgets Criminal Justice Reform Education Fund A look at the impact of the high costs of the death penalty on state and local budgets


	The Economics of Capital Punishment An essay by Phil Porter that argues that the death penalty is an inefficient method of deterring crime.

Errors & Racial Bias


	A Broken System: Error Rates in Capital Cases, 1973-1995 Criminal Justice Reform Education Fund "Nationally, during the 23-year study period, the overall rate of prejudicial error in the American capital punishment system was 68%. In other words, courts found serious, reversible error in nearly 7 of every 10 of the thousands of capital sentences that were fully reviewed during the period."


	Arbitrary and Capricious Application of Death Penalty Persists American Civil Liberties Union "More than 30 years after the Supreme Court called for a temporary halt on executions in the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision, the death penalty is still being applied in an arbitrary, discriminatory and capricious manner" ...


	UM Study: Race a Significant Factors in Md. Death Penalty Decisions "An Empirical Analysis of Maryland's Death Sentencing System with respect to the Influence of Race and Legal Jurisdiction." The study found that the race of both the victim and the defendant play a signficiant role in whether or not the death penalty was applied in homicide cases in Maryland between 1978 and 1999. [Full Report]

[=B [=U The Death Penalty Around the World==


	International Influence on the Death Penalty in the U.S. Richard C. Dieter \| Foreign Service Journal "Slowly, but impressively, international law and opinion are beginning to have an impact on law in the United States, and particularly on the death penalty."


	Facts and Statistics on the Death Penalty Amnesty International Includes figures on abolitionist and retentionist countries, death sentences and executions, ratification of international treaties, and executions of child offenders since 1990.


	Int'l Perspectives on the Death Penalty: A Costly Isolation for the US Death Penalty Information Center "The U.S. is paying an enormous price in obstinately holding on to the death penalty. It has defied consecutive unanimous rulings from the highest international court, it has isolated itself on two of the most important human rights treaties of the century, it has alienated its allies by turning a deaf ear to their entreaties for mercy and due process, and it has endangered its own citizens abroad by disrespecting international law."

[=B [=U Juvenile Offenders & The Death Penalty==


	Supreme Court to Consider Execution of Juvenile Offenders civilrights.org "In what could be the next big step in criminal justice reform, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed in January to hear a case involving the execution of juvenile offenders."


	Best Practices: Repealing the Juvenile Death Penalty The Justice Project Background on the "growing national consensus that 'kids are different'", and key provisions of two types of bills designed to repeal the juvenile death penalty within states.

[=B [=U General==


	Facts about Deterrence and the Death Penalty Links and information on recent studies on deterrence, comparisons by state, and the brutalization effect, from the Death Penalty Information Center.


	Legal Information Institute An overview of relevant cases, including Coker v. Georgia, Atkins v. Virginia, and Ring v. Arizona.


	Centre for Capital Punishment Studies Research on a "diverse range of issues concerning the Death Penalty."


	The High Cost of the Death Penalty to Taxpayers Death Penalty Focus An overview of the costs associated with death penalty trials, including findings from Los Angeles County study on the cost of death penalty trials.


	Cornell Death Penalty Project


	Studies and Additional Resources on the Death Penalty Links and background on numerous studies and other online resources, from the Death Penalty Information Center.

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