No executions in 2018?

We’re closer than ever.

This fall support for the death penalty plunged to its lowest level since 1972. You made that happen. You stood by us year after year, and now even red states and Republican lawmakers are leading the charge.

Will you help us continue our work in 2018? Please make as generous a gift as you can. We need to raise $50,000 by December 31st and the first $25,000 we raise will be matched!

This year you’ve literally saved lives:

  • In Virginia, where we successfully worked with conservatives to block the execution of a man with strong claims of innocence. Soon after receiving our letter, the governor commuted the death sentence.
  • In Arkansas, where the governor tried to execute eight men in 10 days before the state’s supply of lethal injection drugs expired. I spent weeks on the ground helping our allies mobilize. Half of those executions didn’t happen.
  • In Florida, where our organizing has put prosecutors on notice, almost 200 death sentences are up for reconsideration and some have been overturned for good.

We need your support to make our $50,000 fundraising goal and keep saving lives in 2018. Will you consider making a tax-deductible donation to EJUSA today?

Thank you for making this possible. Your tax-deductible gift today means we can get even closer to a world without executions tomorrow.

 

By Shari Silberstein

Since 2000, Shari Silberstein has dedicated her career to transforming the justice system from one that harms to one that heals. Under her leadership, and using campaign strategies she helped develop, Equal Justice USA has helped end the death penalty in nine states, built first-of-its-kind conservative and evangelical coalitions for justice reform, secured millions in state funding for healing services to families of murder victims, launched an innovative model for training and dialogue between police and communities on trauma and race equity, and strengthened dozens of local organizations across the nation working for justice, violence reduction, and healing. Shari has been a national voice in helping to break down the silos between criminal justice reformers and crime survivor advocates. Her expertise has been a source in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, and Harper’s Magazine, and she has written op-eds for an array of media outlets, including Fox News, the Marshall Project, and U.S. News and World Report. Shari has a bachelor's degree in film from New York University and a master's degree in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Texas at Austin.