NC Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty

Conservatives in North Carolina and nationally are taking a stand to end capital punishment and replace it with life in prison without parole.

National Conservative Leader Richard Viguerie Makes Appeal to Conservatives on the Death Penalty

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Over the last few years, many leaders of the conservative movement in our state and country have come forward to express their concerns about the death penalty.  On April 15, Conservative Icon Richard Viguerie penned an editorial to NewsOK in Oklahoma citing his explanation of why the death penalty is inconsistent with conservative values.  Viguerie […]

2015 Marked by Declining Use of Death Penalty in NC, Across US

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2015 was a historically significant year for capital punishment in the US. As Marc Hyden of the national Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty noted in an article in Voices of Liberty “2015 could easily be remembered as a landmark year for America’s waning death penalty system. In May, Nebraska became the first state to […]

The tides are changing when it comes to conservatives and the death penalty…

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There was a time when conservatives either all supported the death penalty, or were quiet in their opposition.  But that time has passed. Slowly but surely over the past decade, more and more conservatives have begun voicing concern over capital punishment, the nation’s worst example of an inefficient and poorly run government program.  The pinnacle […]

H774 is bad policy for NC – Governor McCrory Should Veto

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North Carolina Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (NC CCADP) urges Governor Pat McCrory to veto House Bill 774 “Restoring Proper Justice Act,” legislation aimed at taking transparency out of the way in which our state executes individuals. “This legislation is bad policy for North Carolina. Conducting executions is the most extreme expression of the […]

NC Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty Opposes Efforts to Eliminate Transparency in Executions

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Last night, the Senate passed House Bill 774 “Restoring Proper Justice Act,” legislation aimed at making secret all aspects of the way in which our state executes individuals. NC Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty opposes the bill. “While some people hope this legislation will jump start executions, this bill will actually delay executions for […]

NC Conservative Group to Join Republican Lawmakers at State GOP Convention

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Raleigh: On the heels of the conservative state of Nebraska’s repeal of the death penalty, North Carolina Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (NCCCADP) will join Republican leaders to push their case for replacing the death penalty with life without parole at this weekend’s NC GOP State Convention in Raleigh, NC (June 5th-7th). “The death […]

NC Conservatives Leaders Should Follow Historic Lead by Nebraska and Replace Capital Punishment with Life in Prison without Parole

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  North Carolina Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty Raleigh – Last week, a bill to repeal the death penalty in the politically conservative state of Nebraska passed its third and final vote in the state’s unicameral legislature by a margin of 32-15. The bill then made it’s way to Governor Ricketts, who kept his […]

NC Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty Applauds Landmark Effort to Replace Death Penalty in Conservative Nebraska

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This week, the Nebraska State Legislature voted 32-12 to repeal the death penalty and replace it with life in prison without parole. This makes Nebraska the first conservative state to repeal the death penalty since North Dakota did so in 1973. Nebraska Senator Laure Ebke, who is a Republican, said, “It’s certainly a matter of […]