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Can NH Afford the Death Penalty?

by: Jennifer Daler

Sat Mar 07, 2009 at 11:10:00 AM EST

( - promoted by Dean Barker)

There was an interesting AP article today, saying that the death penalty makes no sense because of the cost. Now, it makes me wonder why an ueber frugal state like New Hampshire has the death penalty. Newly re-nominated Attorney General Kelly Ayotte is pursuing two death penalty cases at the moment. This at a time when the state is cutting aid to everything and everybody: the disabled, schools, the towns. Even the court system as a whole is woefully underfunded, and has been for some time, not just during this particular crisis.
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