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 most rigorous cost study in the country found that a single death sentence in Maryland costs almost $2 million more than a comparable non-death penalty case. 2  Before ending the death penalty, Maryland spent $186 million extra to carry out just five executions. Even states with the fewest protections and a faster process face exorbitant death penalty costs. 2  In Texas, for example, the death penalty still costs an average of three times more than 40 years in prison at maximum security.