At a press conference in Washington, DC, Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty released a new report that shows the surge in the number of Republican lawmakers who sponsored death penalty repeal legislation at the state level. The report – called The Right Way – looked at all death penalty repeal bills filed since 2000, using the increase in sponsorships as a measure for growing Republican leadership on the issue.
Findings include:
- The number of Republican state lawmakers to sponsor death penalty repeal bills increased sharply since 2012.
- From 2000 to 2012, it was rare for Republican state lawmakers to sponsor death penalty repeal bills. In 2013, the annual number of Republican sponsors more than doubled.
- By 2016 ten times as many Republicans sponsored repeal bills than in 2000.
- More than 67% of the Republicans sponsoring death penalty repeal bills did so in red states.
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