Average Cost of a Death Penalty Case in Texas
Source: Dallas Morning News, March 8, 1992
TRIAL
|
Court personnel
Jury panel
2 defense attorneys, expert witnesses, investigators
3 prosecuting attorneys
judge
|
$ 74,000
$ 17,220
$ 112,400
$ 38,052
$ 23,968
|
|
|
Total
|
$ 265,640
|
STATE APPEALS |
Defense
Prosecution
Reproducing trial records
Court of criminal appeals
|
$ 15,000
$ 29,000
$ 20,000
$ 30,240
|
|
|
Total
|
$ 94,240
|
FEDERAL APPEALS |
Defense counsel
State attorney general's office
Apellate court
|
$ 92,000
$ 19,600
$ 1,708,000
|
|
|
Total
|
$ 1,819,600
|
DEATH ROW INCARCERATION |
|
1 inmate
|
$ 136,875
|
|
TOTAL COSTS
|
$ 2,316,355
|
|
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