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| Conservative group looks to abolish Montana death penalty |
| By greatfallstribune.com - John S. Adams Tribune Capital Bureau |
| Published: 09/18/2012 |
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HELENA, MT — A conservative political group opposed to the death penalty is calling for an end to capital punishment in the wake of a recent court ruling that found the state’s method of execution 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 former Republican state Sen. Roy Brown of Billings. Brown is on the advisory committee of Montana Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty. “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,” Brown said. Brown worked across the aisle with Democrats in the state Senate in past legislative sessions to try to end the death penalty in Montana. Montana State District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock of Helena ruled Sept. 17 that the protocols by which death row inmates are executed in Montana violate both state law and the Montana Constitution. Sherlock’s decision requires that both the Legislature and the Department of Corrections act to make changes to the rules that govern an inmate’s execution. Read More. |
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