At a press conference today, conservative leaders announced the formation of an Ohio branch of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty. The group is a network of conservatives questioning the alignment of capital punishment with their conservative principles
“Conservative Republicans in Ohio are increasingly becoming aware of the failures of an error-prone and expensive death penalty system that does nothing to make citizens of the state safer,” said Hannah Cox, National Manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (CCATDP). “Many of Ohio’s leading conservatives, people who have supported the death penalty their entire lives, are now changing their minds based on what they have learned.”
Over 35 conservative leaders from around the state have signed CCATDP’s national Statement of Support to End the Death Penalty: