Jack Travers
Winston-Salem, NC
In 1984, Jack Travers had just moved to Virginia with his wife and children. About two weeks after moving there, Virginia had their second execution in the modern era of the death penalty. Jack and his wife went to the prison the night of the execution and joined a gathering of around 100 people. Across the street from the prison, pro-death penalty demonstrators were celebrating that a man was about to be put to death-- this was Jack's initiation to work against the death penalty. Eventually, he became the director of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, moving on to work for the national ACLU in Durham.
Herb Gaherty
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Herb Gaherty is the executive director of Rehumanize International, an organization that takes stances on a variety of issues including the death penalty. Amongst his other responsibilities as executive director, Herb travels around the country to educate and learn more from leaders in the anti-death penalty movement. He is against the death penalty for many reasons, and advocates strongly for people to not be bystanders to injustices in society.
Kimber Perrotta
East Hampton, Connecticut
Kimber Perrotta has been against the death penalty since she was a kid, but became more involved after the 2013 Boston bombing, This case was close to home for Kimber, and she felt disturbed at the death sentence given to a 19-year-old bomber who scientifically did not have a fully developed brain yet. She then joined a prayer ministry and began writing to people on death row.