---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Jon Crane* <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2014 Subject: Death Penalty Year End Report - Statement from Conservatives Concerned About
I hope this email finds you enjoying the holiday season. I have a statement, pasted below, from Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty <http://www.conservativesconcerned.org/> concerning the just released year-end report <http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/YearEnd2014> from the death penalty Information Center. Best Wishes, Jon Jon Crane Critical PR 860-255-7524 www.criticalpr.com *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* *December 18, 2014 * *YEAR END REPORT FROM DEATH PENALTY THINK TANK* *HIGHLIGHTS VOICES FROM THE RIGHT* CONSERVATIVES EMERGE AS FORCE FOR RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY *Statement from Marc Hyden, National Coordinator* *Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty* “The number of executions and death sentences have dropped to historic lows nationwide, according to the Death Penalty Information Center’s year-end report. This comes at a time when conservatives speaking out against the death penalty continues to rise. The past year we have seen leading conservatives such as Col. Oliver North and commentator Ramesh Ponnuru not only express their opposition to capital punishment, but also make strong conservative-based arguments against it.” “Our group’s founders and supporters are a part of this trend away from the death penalty in America. I personally favored capital punishment until I took a closer look and realized it was inconsistent with my conservative values such as limited government, fiscal responsibility, and a respect for human life.” “National conservative thought leaders are being joined in their opposition to capital punishment by republican lawmakers in many states. This year in Kansas, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Kentucky, and Wyoming GOP lawmakers sponsored bills to repeal the death penalty.” For more information contact Jon Crane at 860-255-7524 or email [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. *About Us* Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty is a network of political and social conservatives who question the alignment of capital punishment with conservative principles and values. Specifically, we are questioning a system marked by inefficiency, inequity, and inaccuracy. Conservatives concerned about the death penalty is a project of Equal Justice USA. EJUSA is a national, grassroots organization working to build a criminal justice system that works. For *everyone*. (www.conservativesconcerned.org) -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
