The rising number of crime bills: paar
-criminals) now before members of the General
Assembly should scare the hell out of most taxpayers.
Those in the steel and concrete business are probably
Loaded on a fast train for passage are bills
others or add new i
without parole, not only for those convicted of
crimes (all murders are crimes, but only
Sa Raa Projects Committee, warned the
If Repr: e Bo is concerned about the
concerned as other bills related to juveniles and the life
murders are capital crimes) be tried in adult court and
subject to adult penalties: “be treated in the same
ee
anyone given to the costs if both
w many more beds, buildings, corrections —
officers, od een Ge Ce gu hate
provide if 14 year old children are sentenced to LWOP
and spend 60, 70, 80
Neither HB 375 nor any of the LWOP
eliminate the possibility of executions. death
penalty — costly as it is — remains. Lawmakers and
‘must ask just how much the Commonwealth
an afford to pay and for how long. After all, for every
misspent dollar, someone is denied a needed service:
Protection, education, medical attention.
Tow no one knows what it costs each of us
when restitution is included with a entered death row. Estimated State impact is a
study of death death penalty in FY90 and $5,596,000 in FY91.
indicates LWOP is a Estimated local reductions are $2,174,000 in
of punishment that FY90 and $2,283,000 in FY91. These numbers
retribution they do not necessarily direct dollar
litigation and courtcosts from seeking the death Could Kent over $7 million’a year by
penalty compared to the additional incarcera- excluding the death penalty from the capital statute and
The = not — LWOP? Is there no other
of the death the $7 million could be used for? Will no one
raise the issue?’ Contact your State ive and
per capital case. Senator and ask them for answers to cost issues?
impact to state and local would be Some ways to reallocate these resources include
reallocation of resources. Indiana currently has ee eee
52'inmates on death row, and, since October, 4 care; shelters for victims of domestic violence.
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LRC has an October 1993 report that shows racial bias plays:a major role in selecting defendants
for execution. Will Attorney General Chris Gorman propose legislation to correct this injustice?
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