While cost plays an economic role, opponents argue that the cost of a death sentence is much higher than a life sentence. Death penalty cases are estimated to cost taxpayers seven times more. According to Gray, “In 2008, the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice estimated that it costs taxpayers approximately $114 million more per year to process death penalty trials, … compared to trials in which the maximum should be life in prison without the possibility of parole." It would simply cost more for lawyers, appeals and procedural safeguards in death penalty cases. As state budgets shrink, people need to reconsider how much weight is placed on taxpayers On the other hand, Lynch believes that “no cost of capital punishment can outweigh the justice achieved by state executions in the discourse of pro-death activists.” (Lynch). other reason. If one lives in the society, then he should understand and follow the rules of the society. If not, he should be punished so that no misbehavior can happen again or cause harm to the society. For those who took another person's life or lives, they too should have understood the consequences of their actions and been executed. Continuing with the topic of the cost of the death penalty, many states have abolished the death penalty due to cost concerns. . Since 2014, in fact, only Texas, Missouri, Florida, Oklahoma and Georgia have adopted the law on executions (Von Drehle). Not to mention that many states use lethal injection and the gas chamber for executions, but the costs are not low. The medical procedure for using such drugs is complicated... middle of paper... murder case in 1988. The DNA result was shocking because the question was raised whether the police overlooked the evidence at the scene of crime. On September 2, 2014, after 3 decades of waiting on death row, Henry Lee McCollum, 50, and his half-brother Leon Brown, 46, were found innocent and sentenced to release with $750,000 in compensation from the state. (Henry McCollum Brothers). After thirty years of isolation, both brothers were affected mentally and physically. McCollum and Brown, now middle-aged men, have no education, jobs or families and must reorganize their lives as they might have done 30 years ago. The two brothers, who were just scared and mentally challenged teenagers, while under pressure, confessed to killing Sabrina Buie. The question of whether race played a role in the conviction of the two brothers remains unanswered.