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The Cost of Capital Punishment

By Dan Gorenstein on Friday, March 27, 2009.

This week the New Hampshire House voted to abolish the death penalty.

Earlier this month New Mexico became the 15th state in the country to outlaw capital punishment.

From east to west, the death penalty is a hot topic in Legislatures right now.

For state’s trying to balance the books, some lawmakers have looked to abolishing the practice.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein looks at the costs of the death penalty.