Westminster Abbey - Museum. 1  The Westminster Abbey Museum was located in the 11th-century vaulted undercroft beneath the former monks' dormitory in Westminster Abbey.
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). 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).
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.