Money to kill someone

What's the cost of the death penalty?

Cases without the death penalty cost $740,000, while cases where the death penalty is involved cost $1.26 million. Maintaining each death row prisoner costs taxpayers $90,000.

My thoughts : The first word that came to my head after reading this was pointless. To me it seem as though the people that's out here doing bad and causing problem is getting more money spent on them then the ones doing right. I go to school everyday and used books from so many years ago when the money they are spending on people on death row can go to kids education.