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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.
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.