As states across the country look for ways to shore up budgets that have been wrecked by the coronavirus pandemic, some lawmakers are calling for the death penalty to be first item on the chopping block.
that the state budget allocates $3 million to capital punishment, even though the state has had no executions since July 2018 because of court challenges.
The death penalty's costs, compared to a life sentence, varies by state because of pay differences and state laws, but researchers agree that it's generally much more expensive. In addition to Ohio, seven other states have seen bipartisan-backed death penalty repeal efforts this year—Wyoming, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Georgia, Kansas and Washington state, based on tracking from the national Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty coalition.
"As states are struggling to fund the most basic of needs, this is an obvious cut," Hannah Cox, national manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty said in a statement.
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