In addition, Capital Punishment should be abolished because it is costlier than life in prison without parole. Although most people think that ending a person’s life is less expensive than keeping them captive for an extensive period of time, what they don't take into account is the government spends more taxpayers’ money in handling cases of death row inmates. Instead of just the usual one trial, the state will have to pay for two-for the verdict and then the sentencing, not including the number of appeals that will be submitted while keeping the convicted prisoner inside maximum security. According to Richard C. Dieter, attorney and native of New York City, ”One of the most common misperceptions about the death penalty is the notion that the death penalty saves money because executed defendants no longer have to be cared for at the state's expense. If the costs of the death penalty were to be measured at the time of an execution, that might indeed be true. But as every prosecutor, defense attorney, and judge knows, the costs of a capital case begin long before the sentence is carried out. Experienced prosecutors and defense attorneys must be assigned and begin a long period of investigation and pre-trial hearings. Jury selection, the trial itself, and initial appeals will consume years of time and enormous amounts of money before an execution is on the horizon…” Testimony Submitted to the Nebraska Legislature. Adding up all the charges of a death penalty trial amounts to 1.26 million dollars, compared to the usual 740,00 dollars. It also costs 90,000 thousand more dollars per year than holding the general population in prison. The cost of putting someone to death adds up to over a million dollars. Currently 714 inmates facing Capital Punishment in the state of California right now. That equals to over 64 million dollars to host all of them, and 732 million, 564 thousand dollars to pay for the court cases. Just a simple look at the figures on the paper makes you speculate why 37 states still execute prisoners, and justify it by law.w