Death penalty repeal.

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FISCAL NOTE

The fiscal impact is indeterminable due to an unknown number of cases.

Source of Expenditure Increase:

The repeal of the death penalty could result in the potential for increased incarceration times.  Each year of incarceration, per inmate, will cost the State, in current dollars, approximately $45,625 for the cost of incarceration, including medical costs. 

Assumptions:

There are no current measures that would allow for an accurate prediction of the number of individuals sentenced pursuant to the proposed legislation.

Prepared by:   Matthew Sackett, LSO  Phone: 777-7881

(Information provided by Jeffie Wiggins, Department of Corrections;

Phone; 777-7470)