“Fiscally Conservative yet Socially Responsible”

Larry G. Elliott

Post Office Box 299

Antrim, New Hampshire 0340-0299

Phone Number: (603) 525-7524

E-mail: elliott4senate@aol.com

"Fiscally Conservative yet Socially Responsible"

For immediate release

In August of 2004 while running for State Representative, Elliott said, "I am not fundamentally opposed to the death penalty, however, revenge is too expensive so I would vote against it."

            Today in HILLSBORO, NH - Larry Elliott, Republican candidate for the New Hampshire State Senate seat in District 7, said he would vote to keep the death penalty on the books. So what has changed? Elliott is a former Chairman of the Adult Parole Board, appointed by Governor Benson and has seen first hand the level of danger people pose to others from the seat he occupied in the parole hearing room.

            Elliott has seen the depth of human desperation, tragedy, violence coupled with the lack of respect for life shown by some people.  This creates a higher level of risk that our correctional, probation and police officers have to face each and every day to keep the community safe. Elliott said he believes if someone were to take the life of a person who fights to keep the community safe, there is no other response to the criminal's behavior.

            He noted publicly available information reveals that, in the modern United States, 23 executed people have later been found innocent and another 75 inmates awaiting the death penalty were released as a result of proof that they were actually innocent. 

            Elliott was not fundamentally opposed to the death penalty, but rather was concerned with the current crisis in our court system. However, with the advances in DNA technology it is no longer a concern. "What I'm looking for  is an effective law enforcement tool of New Hampshire," he said.

            "When I am elected Senator I will thoroughly research the effectiveness of the New Hampshire death penalty. As your Senator, I will look at each death penalty bill with careful consideration and will vote to protect our law enforcement community.