That translates to $37.2 million for each of the stateâs five executions since the state reenacted the death penalty. The study estimates that the average cost to Maryland taxpayers for reaching a single death sentence is $3 million - $1.9 million more than the cost of a non-death penalty case.n its review of death penalty expenses, the State of Kansas concluded that capital cases are 70% more expensive than comparable non-death penalty cases. The study counted death penalty case costs through to execution and found that the median death penalty case costs $1.26 million.
Preview â The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. The Underground Railroad. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hellish for all the slaves but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood - where even greater pain awaits.
A Pulitzer Prize finalist and a recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City. Download an excerpt of the book, and print a copy of Oprah's The Underground Railroad reading guide and book club questions. Reading guide created by Doubleday. Audio excerpted courtesy Penguin Random House Audio from The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, narrated by Bahni Turpin.