It’s time that we have a conversation in this state about the death penalty. It has shown that it does not protect or punish more than a sentence of life in prison without parole. Yet its cost to the taxpayer and victims’ families is so much more.

Utah County recently spent nearly 4 million dollars seeking the death penalty in a case that had nothing to do with any Utah County Resident. Its only ties were that the alleged crime was committed about 1 mile inside our border.’Had he committed the alleged crime a mile away in another county, that county would have had to pay the huge sum in order to seek the death penalty.

They most likely would not have sought the death penalty because of the cost.

The punishment for crime should be the same wherever you commit it in this state. Life without parole is a death sentence and keeps killers off the streets. It costs less, does not re-victimize the families or celebritize the offender.

Join us by being a part of this conversation with our legislators.

The conservative approach to crime is to end the death penalty. The death penalty is the BIG LIE. It costs taxpayers millions—much more than life in prison without parole.

The truth is it requires millions and millions of dollars to litigate a death penalty case.

Taxpayers pay for the defense, the prosecution, all of the experts, the decades of appeals in a trial that is distinctly different because it seeks death. Yet data shows it doesn’t make us any safer.

Life without parole is better. It keeps a dangerous killer in prison and doesn’t waste taxpayer dollars.

See the data and learn more. Then make your voice heard. Email your legislator TODAY.

The death penalty falsely promotes an illusion of safety. It also increases our collective anger and diminishes what we can and should be doing for each and every victim of crime.

The death penalty is The Big Lie. It’s the lie we tell victims and concerned citizens, knowing full well that the death sentence will never be carried out. Our victim family members deserve justice, not the false promise of justice that will never be served. It’s the lie used by politicians and prosecutors to get and to stay elected.

I’m not that kind of prosecutor. I’m not that kind of politician. I’m not that kind of person. I’m not here to stay elected. I’m here to do the job you elected me to do—and that is to wisely use the resources you provide through your taxes in the most effective way to help more victims and to protect the community. Continuing to seek the Death Penalty perpetuates a criminal justice system that is not only broken but based on entirely false concepts of justice and safety.

That’s how I’m doing it in Utah County; that’s what we need to do across our entire state. Contact your Legislator. Urge them to repeal the death penalty.