DEATH PENALTY ON TRIAL AT LPAC
LIBERTARIAN CONCERNS RISE AS DEATH ROW RELEASES MOUNT
September 10, 2014 – 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 exhibiting at the 4TH Annual Liberty Political Action Conference (LPAC)September 18-20 in Alexandria, VA.
Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty heads into the conference following another death row prisoner being found innocent and after the group’s successful speaking tour of Patriot organizations across the Florida Panhandle.
“Everywhere we go there are conservatives and libertarians who are ready to re-think our broken system, especially because innocent people keep getting sentenced to death,” said Marc Hyden, national advocacy coordinator for the group who will be attending LPAC. “Whether it’s Florida, North Carolina, Nebraska, or other red states, people with conservative and libertarian beliefs are expressing their dismay and distrust with this government-run program that wastes money and risks innocent lives.”
Just last week in North Carolina the 146th person was released from one of our nation’s death rows for wrongful conviction, this time, after he had faced a death sentence for 31 years.
“Members of the liberty movement are wary of the power of government and viewing capital punishment as the ultimate abuse of that power,” Hyden said.
The booth for Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty will be located in the LPAC exhibit area.
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.