Let’s be clear: our criminal justice system isn’t just broken—it is profoundly dysfunctional, punishing millions unnecessarily.

We should, of course, incarcerate those who are violent and dangerous to protect society.

But right now, through neglect and irrational priorities, we are condemning a generation to futures of bitterness, hopelessness, and crime.

No amount of prisons—and we already lock up more people than any nation on earth—will fix this. No number of executions will heal it.

The choice is stark: we can educate or electrocute. We can build opportunities, or we can build more jails.

Let’s choose a society of hope and compassion, not one of vengeance.