tirelessly soldier on, exposing abuses of the death penalty and making the practical, financial and moral case against it. death penalty focus as led by mike farrel has always been able to get some attention. at least once a year when they raise money hollywood style at a gala dinner, that honors people who have been helpful to the cause. people like ted kennedy, new york's, mario cuomo, reverend jesse jackson. of course a long list of hollywood liberals over the years including james cromwell, danny glover, harry belafante, hillary swank, sean penn, aleck walled been. organizations like death penalty focus might now want to focus on what turn out to be the fastest growing group of opponents of the death penalty. new conservative, libertarian opponents to the death penalty.