Thread on the cost of Louisiana's death penalty: Government budgets - especially at the state level - are about choices and tradeoffs. There is never enough cash to fund every priority. Health care, education, public safety - all these things cost money. #lalege #lagov 2/Louisiana has had the death penalty on its books since 1977. But until very recently we never knew what it cost the state. A few years ago @JPMorrell put together a commission to answer this question. I was on it. We bogged down in politics and never finished our work