[vannrox]

Costs of an Execution

Costs of an Execution
Expenses submitted by the Iowa State Penitentiary to the federal government for the cost of Victor Feguer's March 15, 1963, execution.
Keeping prisoner	$4.05 per day
Additional guard time for special watch and during execution	1.50 per hour
Hangman's rope	28.75	$28.75
Physicians' fee	25.00 each	$50.00
Clothing:
2 Suits	$33.50	$67.00
2 Sets Underwear	1.14	2.28
2 Shirts, white	1.81	3.62
2 Neckties	.37	.74
1 Belt		.75
1 Pair Socks		.29
1 Pair Shoes		7.30
1 Handkerchief		.09
		82.07

[sheltonmac]

"Costs of an Execution"

The knowledge that a condemned killer will never harm another human being....
Priceless.

[danielobvt]

Cost of Execution, 82.07. Destruction of scum, priceless.