FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NC CCADP to Have a Presence at the NCGOP
State Convention
Conservatives Nationwide are Reevaluating the Death Penalty
North Carolina is following the trend
May 2016 – Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (CCATDP), a national network of conservatives and libertarians questioning the alignment of capital punishment with their principles, will once again be joining the North Carolina CCADP at the upcoming 2016 North Carolina Republican Party State Convention, May 6-8.
“North Carolina Republicans love the principles of limited government that our country was founded upon and we will be talking about why the death penalty is not in line with those principles,” said Ballard Everett, state coordinator of NC CCATDP. “If we don’t believe government is capable of efficiently managing healthcare, education, or financial decisions, why would we give those same decision-makers the power over life and death?”
North Carolina is following the national trend away from the death penalty –NC juries have only sentenced one person to death in the past two years and due to ongoing litigation, the last executions in the state was in August 2006. At the same time, North Carolina has seen a historic drop in the murder rate, further indicating there is no connection between deterrence and the death penalty.
“We recently witnessed conservative Republican lawmakers in Utah and Nebraska leading the effort to get rid of capital punishment, and it is easy to understand why. As conservative Republicans, we want to limit the power of government, including the death penalty,” Hyden said. “It’s a broken government program that has the real potential of killing innocent Americans,” said Hyden.
156 people have been released from death rows across America because they were wrongfully convicted. 9 people have been exonerated from North Carolina’s death row.
For more information contact Jon Crane at 203-982-4575 or email joncrane@criticalpr.com.
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