From: Gregg Toomey

To: Multiple recipients of list

Subject: Re: The Pro-death penalty argument

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Dear Daniel,

Put simply, my point is this: CP can not be considered a

deterrent to capital crimes so long as malefactors understand that such

punishment imposes extreme consequences on the state.

Gregg Toomey

toomeyg@polaris.ncs.nova.edu

On Mon, 23 Jan 1995 dandorry@cnct.com wrote:

> Dear Gregg,

>

> Yours is not an argument against CP, but for lowering the cost of justice.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Daniel A. Dorry, Esq.

>

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> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 06:11:58 -0500

> From: Gregg Toomey

> Reply-To: transnat@agora.stm.it

> Subject: Re: The Pro-death penalty argument

> To: transnat.list@agora.stm.it

>

> 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

>

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