By BRETT BARROUQUERE
Associated Press Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Roy Brown seems like a rarity – a conservative who’s against the death penalty.
But to Brown, a state senator and the 2008 Republican nominee for governor of Montana, the philosophy aligns perfectly with conservative ideology. He’s one of the more high-profile figures reaching out to other social and fiscal conservatives, hoping to create a bipartisan movement against capital punishment.
“I believe that life is precious from the womb to a natural death,” Brown said.