The Price of the Death Penalty for Floridians
March 25, 2009 on 3:44 pm | In Uncategorized | |Tuesday, April 14th, 7:30 p.m.
Westminster Room, First Presbyterian Church
112 Adams Street, Tallahassee
- The 44 Florida executions from 1976 to 2000 cost an estimated average of $24 million each.
- Florida is in an economic crisis. We must evaluate programs and policies for their costs and benefits.
- Come learn information so you can decide whether the death penalty is worth its financial cost.
Hear from these experts
Prof. Sarah Bacon - FSU Dept. of Criminology
She co-authored, “An Empirical Analysis of Maryland’s Death Sentencing System with Respect to the Influence of Race and Legal Jurisdiction,” and wrote “Unfit to Live: The Death Penalty in America.”
Rex Dimmig – Assistant Public Defender
He is an Assistant Public Defender in the 10th Judicial Circuit and a member of the Public Defenders Association, which is asking Florida to reconsider the cost of the death penalty .
Sheila Hopkins – Florida Catholic Conference
She is a lobbyist for the Florida Catholic Conference, and will wrap up the program with information about plans for death penalty-related legislation in Florida.
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