Top definition Hollish unknown A term used to refer to the language and the people from The Netherlands; it is considered more accurate than Dutch because it doesn't conflict with the German (and Hollish) word for the German language: Deutsch.
The average cost to house an inmate in Texas prisons is $47.50 per day, according to Michelle Lyons, spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Thus it would cost about $17,340 to house an inmate for a year and $693,500 for 40 years, far less than even part of the death penalty costs.
1 The death penalty costs more than life imprisonment. 2  It costs taxpayers from $2 to $5 million per death sentence for the trials and appeals. 3  Life in prison averages $1 million (40 years at $25,000/year). Life in prison averages $1 million (40 years at $25,000/year). 2  Louisiana State Attorney General, & former District Attorney, says that he can try a second-degree murder case for $15,000-20,000 instead of $250,000 for a death penalty trial.