DEATH PENALTY CONCERNS TO BE SHARED
AT YAL NATIONAL CONVENTION
REEXAMINATION of the death penalty GROWS
July 24, 2013 – Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, a national network of conservatives and libertarians questioning the alignment of capital punishment with their principles, will be exhibiting at the 5th Annual Young Americans for Liberty National Convention (July 31 – August 3, Arlington, VA).
“Liberty-minded individuals want to limit the power of government, including the death penalty, which is a broken government program that has the real potential of killing innocent Americans,” said Marc Hyden, a national advocacy coordinator for Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty.
To date, more than 140 individuals have been released from death rows across America after evidence of their innocence was discovered.
“I first supported the death penalty until I found out how many innocent individuals were being killed and how costly it was on the taxpayers,” Jeff Frazee, Founder and Executive Director, Young Americans for Liberty said. “In a free and just society, we should always strive to protect life, most especially all innocent life. And, ultimately, it costs the taxpayers more to put a man to death than keeping him locked up for life. So after studying the issue, I now strongly oppose the death penalty.”
Other liberty movement leaders agree, including Lew Rockwell, Chairman and CEO, of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, who said, “The government’s culture of death – including capital punishment – must be opposed by everyone who loves freedom and life.”
Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty will be in the YAL exhibit area at the convention.
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.