Comments on “Tennessee’s Death Penalty: Cost and Consequences”
By The Spangenberg Group
The Comptroller of the Treasury, Office of Research, conducted a study in response to a request from the House of Representatives, House Judiciary Committee. On October 23, 2002, the House Judiciary sent a written request to the Comptroller requesting “a comprehensive study of the monetary costs to the taxpayers of Tennessee in connection with the state’s administration of the death penalty” (Appendix A). The Spangenberg Group reviewed the Comptroller’s report that resulted from this request, Tennessee’s Death Penalty: Cost and Consequences (July 2004), and provide an analysis in the text that follows.
The Spangenberg Group (TSG) is a nationally and internationally recognized criminal justice research and consulting firm that specializes in indigent defense services. TSG has conducted research in all 50 states and provides consultative services to developing and developed countries that are reforming their legal aid delivery programs. TSG has conducted comprehensive statewide studies of indigent defense systems in more than half of the states, and has worked with many jurisdictions in evaluating public defender systems.
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