DPIC Releases New Report on Costs of the Death Penalty and Police Chiefs’ Views

The Death Penalty Information Center has released its latest report, “Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis.” The report combines an analysis of the costs of the death penalty with a newly released national poll of police chiefs who put capital punishment at the bottom of their law enforcement priorities.

Click here to read the report.
Click here to read DPIC’s press release.
Click here for the Executive Summary of the report.

(DPIC, “Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis,” released Oct. 20, 2009). See other DPIC reports.