Pros And Cons Of Abolishing The Death Penalty
The death penalty puts innocent people’s lives at risk and no matter how developed a justice system is, it will inevitably remain susceptible to human failure.
Many people are under the assumption that by abolishing the death penalty America would save money; however, this is untrue. America is actually losing millions with the death penalty.
It costs about $1.26 million for cases where the death penalty is sought. It costs $740,000 for cases without the death penalty. Maintaining each death row prisoner costs taxpayers $90,000 more per year than a prisoner in a general population. It is estimated that it costs about $9 million per state for the total prosecution and defense team. There are currently 176 people on death row in California and …show more content…
Investigators describe his death as being the strongest demonstration yet of the execution of an innocent man. Griffin was convicted of murder in Missouri in 1981 and he was executed in July 1995. Griffin was said to have done a drive-by shooting, killing Quintin Moss, but another man who was injured at the scene had claimed that Griffin had no involvement in the crime. The reason Griffin was accused of this crime was because he was seen getting into the car that was said to have been used in the shooting. The murder weapon was also found in the car. Connor, the other victim in the crime had told reporters “I tell you all Larry Griffin did not commit this crime. Larry Griffin definitely wasn’t in the car.” Only one witness had identified Griffin as the murder and based on their findings, the NAACP, or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, had supplied the prosecution with three names who they suspected committed the crime. As of 2005 these three men are all in jail for other murders.
University of Michigan law professor, Samuel Gross, who supervised Griffin’s case, was so confident that Missouri had executed a innocent man that he said “There is no real doubt that we have an innocent person. If we could go on trial on this case, if there was a forum where we could take this to trial, we would win hands
Many people are under the assumption that by abolishing the death penalty America would save money; however, this is untrue. America is actually losing millions with the death penalty.
It costs about $1.26 million for cases where the death penalty is sought. It costs $740,000 for cases without the death penalty. Maintaining each death row prisoner costs taxpayers $90,000 more per year than a prisoner in a general population. It is estimated that it costs about $9 million per state for the total prosecution and defense team. There are currently 176 people on death row in California and …show more content…
Investigators describe his death as being the strongest demonstration yet of the execution of an innocent man. Griffin was convicted of murder in Missouri in 1981 and he was executed in July 1995. Griffin was said to have done a drive-by shooting, killing Quintin Moss, but another man who was injured at the scene had claimed that Griffin had no involvement in the crime. The reason Griffin was accused of this crime was because he was seen getting into the car that was said to have been used in the shooting. The murder weapon was also found in the car. Connor, the other victim in the crime had told reporters “I tell you all Larry Griffin did not commit this crime. Larry Griffin definitely wasn’t in the car.” Only one witness had identified Griffin as the murder and based on their findings, the NAACP, or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, had supplied the prosecution with three names who they suspected committed the crime. As of 2005 these three men are all in jail for other murders.
University of Michigan law professor, Samuel Gross, who supervised Griffin’s case, was so confident that Missouri had executed a innocent man that he said “There is no real doubt that we have an innocent person. If we could go on trial on this case, if there was a forum where we could take this to trial, we would win hands