Care to back up that:
A) Krauthammer is one of the FOUNDERS and,
B) That the Neoconservative philosophy OPPOSES the death penalty?
Let's see how well versed you are in your chosen philosophy.
Good luck!!
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Well, not a founder of original neoconservatism because he would have to be pretty old (but I suspect you knew that but want to get literal), but certainly the quintessential modern Neoconservative.
And,
I'd link to wikipedia, but I bet you can find it. Krauthammer opposes the death penalty, as do most Neocons - not what the left
thinks a Neocon is.
....
Krauthammer is a supporter of legalized abortion;[31][32][33] an opponent of the death penalty;[34][35][36][37] an intelligent design critic and an advocate for the scientific consensus on evolution, calling the religion-science controversy a "false conflict;"[38][39] a supporter of embryonic stem cell research using embryos discarded by fertility clinics with restrictions in its applications;[40][41][42] and a longtime advocate of radically higher energy taxes to induce conservation.[43][44][45][46] ....
Religious views are irrelevant in neoconservative philosophy. One can conflate social conservatism to Neoconservatsim, but that does not mean they are correct.