The death penalty is a financial drain for the United States. "In 1989 The Sacramento Bee reported that the state could save $90 million a year by abolishing the death penalty. Critic such as Semel say there is no reason to believe that figure would not be even greater today."(Guersey 149). It costs the state $24,600 a year to house a prisoner, and capital cases from $1.8 million to $45 million dollars. "California alone could've saved about $90 million for tow capital offenders between 1976 to 1997. According to the Sacramento Bee an appeal on a capital case can take up to 815 adn 1830 hours per case. .
Studies show that not only discrimination on Racial make up but what you place in society. (Stewart 31). Paralegal Nick Dispoldo has spoken about discrimination in the death penalty administration: "if two suspects, one wealthy, one poor, are charged with separate capital crimes, the quality of justice immediately changes."(Abott 31). About 34% African American women have been on the death row. From 1920 to 1926 blacks were accused twice as mush likely as whites. The percentage ethnicity on death row inmates are 47% were white, 43% were blacks, 9% were Hispanic and 2% were others. (Abott 247). Social class, not race is one influential factor indiscrimination. Juveniles in 1995 were on the death penalty execution. The United States juvenile homicide rate went up 10% and is one of the countries that hands down the death penalty for juveniles(Stewart 130). .
Thousands of people further attack the death penalty by giving emotional speeches about on innocent man or women who might be executed. However, the pro capital punishment agrue that these people are forgetting one crucial element: they are forgetting the thousands of victims who dies every year from the hands of these evil, bloodthirsty murderers. Their stand is that unfortunately, the death penalty is used so rarely current that it isn't nearly as affective as it could be.
