I was recently given the opportunity to write a guest blog post for JTHMishMash.com explaining why conservatives are reevaluating the death penalty. I said,
“One big consideration for conservatives is innocence. So far, more than 140 people have been freed from death row for wrongful convictions and others have been executed despite serious doubts about the evidence. Our judicial system cannot be 100% accurate, and many conservatives are wary of government power– especially when U.S. citizens can be killed.
For fiscal conservatives, the cost of the death penalty is indefensible. Several studies have shown that death penalty cases are up to 20 times more expensive than those where the sentence is life without the possibility of release.”
I went on to say,
“Conservatives everywhere are joining together to raise doubts about this wasteful and overreaching government program; even those who believe in capital punishment are beginning to accept that the death penalty system is irrevocably broken and should be ended.”