The total cost of the death penalty is thirty-eight percent greater than the total cost of life without parole sentences. A crime that is punishable by the death penalty in Ohio is aggravated murder with at least one of nine aggravating circumstances. The state of Ohio spent at least $1.5 million to kill one mentally ill man who wanted to be executed. Among the costs were: $18,147 overtime for prison employees and $2,250 overtime for State Highway Patrol officers at the time of the execution. This does not include overtime for twenty-five prison public information officers at the time of the execution. The state spent $5,320 on a satellite truck so that the official announcement of Wilford Ber

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