Back in the United States, a new study says the US can no longer afford to continue carrying out the death penalty. The Death Penalty Information Center says states and local governments facing budget crises would benefit from replacing capital punishment with lifelong prison terms. The report says that since 1976 the death penalty has led to $2 billion in costs that wouldn’t otherwise have incurred had the harshest punishment been life in prison. A recent survey found that 57 percent of police chiefs nationwide believe the death penalty has done little to deter violent crimes.