COMING TO MERCER COLLEGE
CONSERVATIVES CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY
Mercer College Republicans will address the issue tonight
October 6, 2015 – Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (CCATDP), a national network of conservatives and libertarians questioning the alignment of capital punishment with their principles, will be featured at tonight’s monthly meeting of the Mercer University College Republicans chapter in Macon (details below).
“The death penalty stands in direct contrast to conservative values,” said Austin Paul of the Mercer College Republicans. “It costs too much, it ends life, and it gives the state an enormous amount of power. If we truly believe in limited government, we have to recognize that the death penalty, no matter how appealing it may be, does not represent those ideals,” Paul said.
CCATDP national coordinator Marc Hyden, a former legislative aide to the Georgia Senate President Pro Tempore, will be making a presentation to the group about why conservatives in Georgia and across the nation are re-thinking the death penalty.
“Increasingly, conservatives like David Burge, chairman of the Georgia 5th Congressional District Republican Party, are opposing the death penalty because it fails to align with our principles. It’s simply a broken and incredibly costly government program that risks killing innocent Americans,” said Hyden.
To date, more than 150 individuals have been released from death rows across America because they were wrongfully convicted.
The event will begin Tuesday evening October 6th at 7:00pm at Mercer College in Knight Hall, Room 100, 1400 Coleman Avenue in Macon.
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.