After decades of moral arguments reaching biblical proportions, after long, twisted journeys to the nation's highest court and back, the death penalty may be abandoned by several states for a reason having nothing to do with right or wrong: Money.
To execute or not: A question of cost?
Thursday, March 19, 2009 | 12:00 a.m. CDT
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