The Cost of James Holmes Death Penalty Prosecution
By Jeralyn, Section Death Penalty
Posted on Sat May 11, 2013 at 08:43:00 AM EST
Tags: James Holmes, Aurora Theater Shootings (all tags)
Posted on Sat May 11, 2013 at 08:43:00 AM EST
Tags: James Holmes, Aurora Theater Shootings (all tags)
Interesting segment last night on Fox News 31 (Denver) on the cost to taxpayers of prosecuting Aurora Theater Shooting defendant James Holmes as a death penalty case. It explains the cost is likely to be in the tens of millions of dollars. It brings up the Nathan Dunlap case, brought by the same office. Dunlap was recently scheduled for execution in August and a petition for clemency is pending. The cost of his case so far: $18 million.
It also points out that the D.A. turned down Holmes' offer to plead guilty and accept life without parole. I kept waiting for some former DA to come on and attempt to justify the decision to seek the death penalty. It didn't happen. Maybe they couldn't find anyone to take the other side.
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