The Death Penalty Costs

The death penalty costs $24 million dollars on average per execution (Pudlow). The death penalty is one of the most debated issues in the United States. It is a judicially ordered execution of a prisoner for a serious crime often called a capital crime. There are many people who oppose the death penalty and then there are many people for the death penalty. People who are against it think it is too inhumane or it might be too expensive. The people who are for the death penalty feel that it gives a chance for individuals to be accused for their wrongful acts. Each year billions of dollars are spent to sentence criminals to death. Since the death penalty is so expensive thirteen states have made it illegal to use the death penalty, and thirty seven states still have the death penalty. The US military and the US federal government still have the death penalty so thirty nine jurisdictions in all still uphold the death penalty to this day. This paper will examine reasons to support the death penalty and reasons to go against it and what type of crime determines whether or not you get the...

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...1. . BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION:
White, Deborah. "Pros and Cons of the Death Penalty." About.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb 2011. .
[NOTE: Italicize "About.com"]

PARENTHETICAL CITATION:
(White)

: "Death Penalty Information Center." http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/. Death Penalty Information Center, 11/02/2011. Web. 13 Feb 2011. .

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