Death Penalty Costs

I just read a bit from the Huffington Post about the cost of the death penalty in California. California reinstituted the death penalty in 1978. It has cost them 4 billion since them. This works out to 20 times more than if they just gave people life in prison. Plus I know of no credible study that shows that the death penalty deters murder. Strangely murders prefer the death penalty.

Seems like a good way for states to save money to me. End the death penalty and put the savings into education.  A much bigger bang for the buck. Several states, in fact, have realized this and ended the death penalty.