Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty renewed their call for repeal of the Montana’s death penalty following a recent ruling declaring the state’s execution method unconstitutional.
“Conservatives dislike waste and inefficiency. That is why we should cast a critical eye when the State is involved with the business of executing people,” said Roy Brown, former Montana State Senator. “When it takes over 20 years and hundreds of thousands of tax payer dollars for extra legal fees and court costs, it is obvious that the process is full of waste and inefficiency.”
The Montana Senate has voted in favor of repeal each of the past three years, but the bill has not yet made it to the Governor’s desk. Last weeks ruling will require both the legislature and Department of Corrections to make changes to Montana’s execution protocol.
Choteau Republican Representative Christy Clark added, “It is time for Conservatives to do what they do best and insist that a wasteful inefficient government program gets off the books. Efforts to ‘fix’ the death penalty have failed, and legislative efforts to correct this technicality will only lead to additional litigation, longer delays, and more wasted time and money.”
