In the editorial from the New York Times, it talks about the high cost of inmates on death row and how much states are spending on these cases. I agree that we need to make a better push to solve this issue. With states spending millions of dollars on death row executions such as California did with spending over 114 million dollars on death row inmates and spending almost $250 million on executions since 1976. Also the state of Maryland spent over $186 million on 5 executions and that of over 8 million dollars a year spent on trials and appeals and more then the execution itself. That is way too much money per year for the execution of a criminal. With appeals processes, going between 15-20 years there has to be a better way to solve this issue through not only states but the government law makers as well. The government has talked about abolishing the death penalty but law makers will not do so almost leaving it up to the states themselves. Eight million dollars a year could be spent on many more things then executing 4 people. Kansas is trying to get inmates with life without parole, yes this would be a good thing, but keeping inmates in jails especially on death row still comes with a price. The high cost of keeping people on death row is getting more and more expensive especially with the over crowding of prisons in the United States. This issue is leading to states cutting programs such as parks, rest areas, schools and healthcare. The price of an education for students is worth more then a prisoner on death row. I agree also that we could use a lot of the money spent on death row inmates could go to police or solving crimes to totally abolishing capital punishment. New Mexico last year abolished and stopped executions, also the appeals process and trial cost can cost states an absurd amount of money.