SCR 14 Directs the Oversight Division of the Committee on Legislative Research to conduct a comprehensive study of the costs of the death penalty
Sponsor: Keaveny
LR Number: 2173S.01I Fiscal Note not available
Committee: Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics
Last Action: 3/28/2013 - Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee Journal Page: S610
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Effective Date: upon approval

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SCR 14 - This resolution directs the Oversight Division of the Committee on Legislative Research to study the costs of administering the death penalty. The division is directed to compare the costs estimated by the division to be related to cases in which the death penalty is sought and is imposed to the costs for cases in which the death penalty is not sought and the defendant is sentenced to life without parole and cases in which the death penalty is sought, but not imposed.

MEGHAN LUECKE