Average cost of a death penalty case - $2.4 million
Not all criminals are treated the same- two percent criminals eligible to receive a death sentence actually do.
5-10% of those on death row are mentally ill.
The death penalty does not act as a deterrent – murder rates in states with the death penalty are as high or higher than those in states without the death penalty.
The death penalty is discriminatory- Although Blacks constitute approximately 50 percent of murder victims each year, 80 percent of the victims in death penalty cases were white, and only 14 percent were Black.
Over 90% of defendants charged with capital crimes couldn’t afford an experienced attorney.
Since 1973, 123 innocent people have been released from death row.
140 countries have abolished the death penalty.