Thanks for sharing this Bruce. The "President/Chairman/Grand Pubah" of this group contacted me about six months ago, and I joined. It's good to see the word getting out, and I hope more to mainstream media!
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:18 PM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ---------- 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]. > > *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. > -- -- 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.
