“There is a difference between accountability and vengeance. And if we truly believe in the sanctity of human life, that principle must extend even to those whose actions we condemn.”

Peace and power. Peace and power to you all. Good evening, Houston. Good evening to our listeners across Texas, throughout the United States, and internationally, from Sweden to England, Australia, even in Africa and beyond. And especially, good evening and peace and power to every brother and sister listening from inside a prison, county jail, or detention facility tonight. I'm your NMAS Incarceration Houston reporter coming to you live on the prison show, KPFT 9.1 FM Houston. Tonight, I want to talk about more lives. Not just surviving prison, not merely counting the years until release. I'm talking about the opportunity to recover, to rebuild, to seek truth, to experience freedom, and to live with dignity. Because America has become remarkably efficient at calculating punishment while remaining terribly inadequate at accounting for the human lives destroyed by it. Tonight, we remember those we've lost, lift up those still fighting, and examine what accountability…