-Percent of death row that is African-American: 42.9% -Percent of U.S. that is African-American: 12.8% -Estimated cost of a death penalty trial: $2 million -Amount that California could save per year by abolishing capital punishment: $90 million -Cost in New Jersey in 1991 to impose the death penalty: $16 million -Ratio of spending in Jasper County, Mississippi on one capital trial in 1995 to its spending on libraries: 5 to 1 [more] and [more]
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