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By comparison, a non-death penalty murder case in nearby Lubbock County typically costs about $3,000, court officials estimate. The average cost to house an inmate in Texas prisons is $47.50 per day, according to Michelle Lyons, spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.Thus it would cost about $17,340 to house an inmate for a year and $693,500 for 40 years, far less than even part of the death penalty costs.The regional public defender's office estimates that just the legal costs for a death penalty case from indictment to execution are $1.2 million.ounty estimates in Texas indicate that the death penalty system is much more expensive than sentencing inmates to life imprisonment. Gray County spent nearly $1 million seeking the death penalty against Levi King, even though he pleaded guilty to murder.
The average inmate age is 44, the highest in the state system. The average annual cost to house, feed and care for a state prison inmate is $32,986, which includes $4,737 for health care, Department of Corrections spokeswoman Susan Bensinger said.