From: Gregg Toomey

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Subject: Re: The Pro-death penalty argument

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Just a note to add to this thread: The Miami Herald conducted a

study last year and found that the average Florida CP prosecution cost

the state 3 million. Before you scream that this figure is impossibly

high, consider that since most of these defendants are declared indigent

and the state must bear the legal costs of both sides.

In light of this, it would seem that CP is an economic nightmare

for state coffers. It also explains why there are so few prosecutors

willing to pursue the death penalty.

Gregg Toomey

toomeyg@polaris.ncs.nova.edu