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The New Costs Of The Death Penalty

THE NEW COSTS OF THE DEATH PENALTY The United States is executing prisoners on death row at half the rate it was as the 21st century began. Part of the decrease is due to more states abandoning the death penalty, but it's also simply becoming harder and more costly to get lethal injection drugs as pharmaceutical companies cut off the supply. TOTAL EXECUTIONS PER YEAR 23 14 31 38 31 56 68 98 85 59 53 | 42 37 52 46 43 43 39 45 74 66 71 65 60 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 | ||| | | ||'|! | ||| | '|'|'|||| Largest number of executions in one year O One-drug method first used (OH) O Pentobarbital first used in three-drug protocol (OK) O Midazolam first used in three-drug O Lethal injections become the preferred method of execution, overtaking electrocutions Hospira stops making sodium thiopental, and O protocol (FL) the European Union bans its export to the U.S. Lundbeck stops shipping pentobarbital to U.S. prisons O Pentobarbital first used in one-drug protocol (OH) O EXECUTIONS EQUAL INJECTIONS STATES FACE SCARCITY Lethal injections overtook electrocutions as the most common form of execution in 1990, and now almost all executions are done by injecting a drug cocktail. Until 2010 most states used three-drug cocktails for lethal injections, but in 2011 both sodium thiopental and pentobarbital became harder, and for some prisons impossible, to obtain. With the decreasing supply of those two drugs of choice, states are being forced to turn to other drugs, use compounding pharmacies, and experiment with one-drug protocols to continue executions. PERCENT OF TOTAL EXECUTIONS 100% 90% 80% 70% Electrocution States using or planning to use this method Lethal injection Other (hanging. firing squad, gas chamber) 60% States in gray have not executed in the last five years *Washington still has the death penalty, but in February, its governor placed a moratorium on executions. 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% AZ ID THE DRUGS OF DEATH WA* As states begin to change the chemistry of the lethal injection cocktail, the ingredients again come into question. In January 2014, Ohio executed Dennis McGuire using an untested, experimental combination of midazolam and hydromorphone. The execution lasted 25 minutes. WY IN Он мо NE Out of production/in shortage Used in a few states/considered for use SD SODIUM PENTOBARBITAL MIDAZOLAM Used as a sedative and can cause death in high doses. Used in both three-drug and two-drug protocol. PROPOFOL VA Causes loss of consciousness and stops the heart. Used in both three-drug and three-drug cocktails. one-drug protocol. Used as a sedative THIOPENTAL Causes loss of and general anesthesia, consciousness and Contributed to the death of pop icon Michael Jackson. Not yet used in executions. can cause death in high doses. Used in Restricted 2011 Discontinued and restricted 2011 12 20 MONEY MATTERS In the last decade seven states have stopped the death penalty, and all have listed money as one of their reasons. For those states that still carry out the death penalty, even the cost of executions themselves has risen. When sodium thiopental was no longer an option for states, the costs for lethal injections using pentobarbital increased 10 to 15 times. And now that pentobarbital is scarce, cost will again become a factor. ELIMINATING DEATH MAJORITY OF STATES DON'T EXECUTE A COSTLY COCKTAIL *Washington still has the death penalty, but in February, its governor placed a moratorium on executions. 2004 - 2005 2006 O New Jersey, New York 2007 2008 2009 O New Mexico 2010 2011 O Illinois 2012 O Connecticut TEXAS OKLAHOMA O Maryland Has death penalty 12 No death penalty 2013 20 18 Cost of sodium thiopental Cost of pentobarbital O Washington* Has death penalty but has no executions in the last five years 2014 Illustrations: Skull And Crossbones designed by Jens Tärning from the Noun Project Sources: Death Penalty Information Center, "The Virtues of Thinking Small," Corinna Barrett Lain; Hospira; Lundbeck; The Guardian; Austin American-Statesman, The New York Times THE HUFFINGTON POST 6L6L L861 1983 1985 1987 6861 1991 1993 S661 L661 LO0Z 2003| sooz ZO07 6007 2011 2013 STATES USING OR PLANNING TO USE PENTOBARBITAL STATES USING OR PLANNING TO USE ONE-DRUG PROTOCOL STATES USING OR PLANNING TO USE MIDAZOLAM Tililililıl $83.35 $1,286.86 STATES USING OR PLANNING TO USE COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES $200 ILLD SOUTH NE MIDWEST WEST

The New Costs Of The Death Penalty

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The United States is executing prisoners on death row at half the rate it was as the 21st century began. Part of the decrease is due to more states abandoning the death penalty, but it's also simply b...

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