Executed man's last request honored -- pizza for homeless

[strandinthewind]

What does

. . . above and beyond the ordinary costs of the justice system on capital cases. $78 million of that total is incurred at the trial level (Sacramento Bee, March 18, 1988).

mean? Capital cases do not require any more prep than a life case - at least no significant amount at the trial level. And, certainly lifers appeal as much as the death row inmates So, I am not understanding the numbers behind these stats.

And -

In January 2003, despite a budge deficit, California Governor Gray Davis proposed building a new $220 million state of the art death row. (New York Times, January 14, 2003).

Is that an addition to the prison overall or just that one hall of inmates? Me thinks that figure is being manipulated.