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The average cost of a Texas death penalty case is $2.3 million vs. $750,000 for life in prison. â Dallas Morning News, 1992 The high cost of the death penalty begins with the original trial.he average cost of a Texas death penalty case is $2.3 million vs. $750,000 for life in prison. â Dallas Morning News, 1992 The high cost of the death penalty begins with the original trial.
The state's 714 death row prisoners cost $184 million more per year than those sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A death penalty prosecution costs up to 20 times as much as a life-without-parole case. The least expensive death penalty trial costs $1.1 million more than the most expensive life-without-parole case. Jury selection in a capital case runs three to four weeks longer and costs $200,000 more than in life-without-parole cases.