Nancy Lee Harding

*The death penalty is immoral by taking a life and does not align with faith values. *The death penalty costs more for taxpayers than imprisoning someone for life. *The death penalty is often inflicted on the most vulnerable: people with intellectual disabilites; people with mental illness; youth who committed serious crimes and then tried as adults. *The death penalty punishes people of color more often than white people. *The death penalty is inflicted on poor and innocent people at stunning rates. (For every 8 people executed, one person on death row has been exonerated.) *The death penalty does not deter crime based on research.