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,Apr 29, 2020
Conservative Commentator: Facing Coronavirus Budget Shortfalls, States Should Cut the Death Penalty
Conservative commentator Drew Johnson (pictured) has a suggestion for states whose budgets have been gutted by declining tax revenue and rising costs related to the coronavirus pandemic: end the death penalty. In an April 23, 2020 op-ed for conservative news outlet Townhall, Johnson writes, “As state policymakers put programs on the chopping block in an attempt to balance budgets, there’s one failed policy that should be first to go: the death penalty.” Johnson, a Senior Scholar at the…