The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

HOW TO AVOID BORING US ALL TO DEATH

I am writing down possibly everything I can say about this slide resulting in me reading all of it out loud, because I must think no one in the class can read it for themselves. Also, this way I don’t have to think about what I need to say, and I don’t have to make any eye contact. Since I’m writing about everything, I need to use a really tiny font to cram everything into this slide. I think it’s a waste to use any kind of meaningful images or charts because it takes too much time to search for or create them. However, I might add a picture so it looks like I tried. I’ll just stick it anywhere. (Maybe I’ll get extra points for the puppy.) I think if I use a really fancy font or a really colorful font it will seem like I put more effort into this than I really did. I might use a color that is too hard to read. But I don’t care if no one can actually read it. That way, they won’t notice that I just copied and pasted stuff from the Internet. (Why is there An extra bullet?? Why is “An” capitalized? Oh, well.) Could this possibly get more lame? BORING, GENERIC TITLE THAT IS POSITIONED WEIRDLY

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS?

70% more than the cost of a comparable non-death penalty case 48% more than the average cost of trials in which prosecutors seek life imprisonment cost 3 times more than non-death penalty cases THE COST OF DEATH VS. LIFE

WHAT YOU WOULD SAY: Recent studies on the costs of death row show that it is far costlier than a life sentence. According to the Kansas Legislative Post, a 2003 legislative audit in Kansas found that the estimated cost of a death penalty case was 70% more than the cost of a comparable non-death penalty case. Death penalty case costs were counted through to execution (median cost $1.26 million). Non-death penalty case costs were counted through to the end of incarceration (median cost $740,000). The Urban Institute reported that in Tennessee, death penalty trials cost an average of 48% more than the average cost of trials in which prosecutors seek life imprisonment. In Maryland death penalty cases cost 3 times more than non-death penalty cases, or $3 million for a single case. In California in 2008, the system costs $137 million per year; it would cost $11.5 million for a system without the death penalty.