(The Center Square) – The death penalty will be a topic of discussion at the upcoming FreedomFest in Las Vegas. Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (CCATDP) will share its thoughts during panel this Friday called “Executing Doesn’t Heal: Impacted Voices Against the Death Penalty.” Panelists include Mark Bettencourt, executive director of Nevada Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Cynthia Portaro, a Las Vegas mother of a murder victim, and James Allen, Jr, a former Nevada death row inmate. Nicholas Cote, CCATDP’s Western Regional Organizer, will serve as moderator. Cote said in a p…