Carol Schreck

The death penalty does not deter crime, but it does drain millions of taxpayer dollars that could instead fund mental health care, violence prevention, victim support, and rehabilitation programs that actually reduce harm. It also disproportionately impacts people who are poor, mentally ill, or from marginalized communities, reflecting deep racial and economic inequities in our criminal legal system. And because no system is perfect, the risk of executing an innocent person is real and irreversible. That's not ok.