A new study of California's death penalty found that taxpayers have spent more ...  in 1978, or $308 million for each of the 13 executions carried out since then. ... on  death row and legal representation for capital defendants add $184 million to ...
Proposition 62 will abolish the death penalty, replacing it with life without ...  California has sentenced 930 people to death since reinstating the death penalty  ... Californians have spent $5 billion since 1978 to put those13 people to death,  at a ...
Aug 26, 2016 ... Although California has spent about $5 billion administering the death penalty, it  has executed just 13 people since 1978. This means ... That means an unknown  number of innocent people have been or will be put to death.
Jul 7, 2016 ... In 1978, my family wrote and sponsored the ballot initiative that expanded the ...  California taxpayers have unknowingly spent more than $5 billion to maintain a ...  During this time, only 13 people have been put to death, at an ...
Nov 1, 2016 ... Past efforts to repeal the death penalty in California have centered on ... have  spent $5 billion on the executions of only 13 people in almost ... 62 campaign,  puts the cost of the entire death penalty system since 1978 at about $5 billion. ...  would retroactively apply life sentences to all death row defendants, ...
Since 1978, California has spent $5 billion to put 13 people to death.