HB48

Criminal Justice, Death Penalty (against) - Halle, Brian


 * House Bill #:** HB 48


 * Sponsors:** BWessels-CO-Democrat, HSovich-CA-Republican


 * Issue Category and Bill Title:** Death Penalty: Unconstitutional Punishment


 * Purpose:** The purpose of this bill is to prevent the death penalty from occurring in all states in the Unites States. Also, serious crimes should result in a life long death sentence without chance of parole.


 * Eligibility:** Criminals in the criminal justice system convicted of manslaughter, mass murder, or capital punishment.


 * Terms and Benefits:** Those accused have the right to a fair trial with an unbiased jury and representation. If the defendant is proven guilty of a serious crime, they will be sentenced to a life in prison. They will not have a chance of parole. Each criminal convicted of a serious crime will only have one hour of restricted free time outside of their cell each day. This time period may be spent in a number of ways. Some of the time may be spent outdoors with very few, if any, people. Watching restricted television programs or reading selective literature. Also, they will not have any contact with the outside world other than on rare occasions when their family comes. In this instance, their conversation will be monitored, and they will have a limited visiting time. Because of the restricted interaction, the possibility of an escape occurring is decreased greatly. In the later production of prisons, cells will be smaller to provide more room. Several guards will be on watch twenty-four hours a day, seven hours a week. With the money saved each year without the death penalty, protection programs will be created to prevent crimes from happening in the future.

Total cost per year now: Cost of prisoners on death row: Total cost a year if criminals are removed from death row and placed in regular prison:
 * Fiscal Impact:**
 * $100,000,000.00 to build a new prison with 200 rooms and security systems
 * $22,000.00 a year to house an inmate
 * $62.00 a day to house an inmate
 * $9,000,000 a year to house 200 inmates with security systems, security guards salaries, repairs, and kitchen staff
 * $60,000,000,000
 * $722,388,000
 * $60,071,588,000
 * Total money saved per year:**
 * $650,800,000