FARGO (AP) - The bill for jailing and defending Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. in his federal death penalty case has totaled more than $1.2 million, and will continue to rise, court officials say.

The figures, obtained from the clerk's office for Fargo's U.S. District Court, don't include legal or travel expenses for a Feb. 8 hearing in which Judge Ralph Erickson ordered Rodriguez to die by lethal injection.

A jury in September found that Rodriguez, 54, kidnapped and killed Dru Sjodin, a 22-year-old University of North Dakota student.

The defense bill includes $934,885 in attorney fees, $231,196 in investigative and expert services and $41,823 in travel expenses.

Rodriguez's stay in the Cass County Jail has cost more than $90,000. He remains an inmate at the jail until U.S. marshal deputies transport him to a federal prison.

U.S. Marshal Dave Carpenter said Rodriguez likely will be moved to a federal facility by the beginning of March.

Both of Rodriguez's lawyers, Richard Ney and Robert Hoy, have been appointed for his appeal to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Federal death penalty appeals can take six to eight years to complete.

Death penalty experts have claimed prosecutors spend more money and resources than defense lawyers in capital cases.