A commission studying New Hampshire's death penalty law got an update on how much the state has spent on its lone death row inmate.Lawmakers created the commission to review all aspects of the capital
murder law, including how equitably it is applied, it's costs and it's deterrent effect. The New Hampshire Union Leader reports that Deputy
Attorney General Bud Fitch told members Friday that the state has spent about $2.7 million on the trial and sentencing of Michael Addison, who was sentenced to death last year for the 2006 murder of Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs.
The state spent $2.4 million prosecuting the capital murder case against
John Brooks, who was convicted and sentenced to life for the death of a handyman he held a grudge against.
Source: Associated Press, December 5, 2009
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