In an era of growing government distrust, conservatives have good reason to question whether the state can be trusted with capital punishment. From wrongful convictions to secrecy surrounding executions, the death penalty raises serious questions about government accountability, competence, and transparency.
Conservatives Concerned’s Nicholas Cote and Corinna Barrett Lain discussed what the death penalty reveals about the dangers of government power and examined whether conservatives who value limited government and individual liberty should be comfortable giving the state the power to execute.
Corinna is the S.D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law and the author of Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection. She is one of the nation’s leading authorities on the death penalty.
