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.
County estimates in Texas indicate that the death penalty system is much more expensive than sentencing inmates to life imprisonment. Gray County spent nearly $1 million seeking the death penalty against Levi King, even though he pleaded guilty to murder.
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.