[PaintsvilleTigerfan]

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty
Each death penalty case in Texas costs taxpayers about $2.3 million. That is about three times the cost of imprisoning someone in a single cell at the highest security level for 40 years. ("Executions Cost Texas Millions," Dallas Morning News, March 8, 1992).
California Death Penalty System Costs Taxpayers More than $114 Million a Year

WTH I understand legal fees and all of that but that is a shit ton of money wasted. No wonder we are screwed.