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title: "DPIC Releases New Report on Costs of the Death Penalty and Police Chiefs' Views"
description: 'The Death Penalty Information Center has released its latest report, “Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis.” The…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/dpic-releases-new-report-on-costs-of-the-death-penalty-and-police-chiefs-views'
section: news
date: '2009-10-20T06:00:00-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:27:12-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

! 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**](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/pdf/CostsRptFinal.pdf) to read the report.  
 [**Click here**](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/CostsPressRel.pdf) to read DPIC's press release.  
 [**Click here**](https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/CostRptExecSum.pdf) 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.**](/article.php?did=404&scid=45)