how much does it cost to defend a death row case
Based on these figures, the Bee concluded that death penalty trials were six times more expensive, costing on average $592,500. Meanwhile, the Bee estimated that it cost $93,000 to try a non-death penalty case. Adjusting for inflation to 2007 dollars, the cost of each death penalty trial would be approximately $1 million compared with $163,000 for each non-death penalty trial.