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The United States incarcerates more people than any other coun- try, disproportionately impacting the poor and people of color while not making us any safer. Our reliance on incarceration is seriously misguided. In 1972, there were 200,000 people incarcerated in the U.S.; today, the number has grown to 2.2 million. Our spending on jails and prisons reached $87 billion in 2015, an increase of 1,000 percent from the $7.4 billion spent in 1975. Bryan Stevenson established the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in 1989 in Montgomery, Alabama. As a nonprofit organization, it pro- vides legal representation to prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted of crimes; poor prisoners without effective representa- tion; and others who may have been denied a fair trial. Bryan is also committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, in addition to challenging social and economic injustices and protecting basic human rights for those who are the most vulnerable. EJI believes ending mass incarceration is the civil rights issue of our time. EJI also challenges excessive punishment in the courts, advocates parole, and provides re-entry support. Furthermore, EJI advances systemic reform through research and education. The death penalty in America is also a flawed and expensive poli- cy defined by bias and error. It targets the most vulnerable people in our society and corrupts the integrity of our criminal justice system. From police officers to family members of murder victims, Ameri- cans are recognizing that the death penalty does not deter crime nor does it make us safer.

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