Anne Marie Schubert, JD Biography
- Title:
- Sacramento County District Attorney
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“In our experience, most survivors want ‘justice’ for the murderers of their family members. Repealing the death penalty will not heal these peoples’ wounds; it keeps them permanently open…
Moreover, victims’ families will always be haunted by the specter that an inmate sentenced to life without parole will suddenly ask the governor to reduce a sentence – as happened recently in the case of a Fresno murderer who waited 36 years and applied for clemency. As long as an inmate sentenced to life without parole lives, the governor could reduce the sentence and a murderer may be released on the streets.
Finally, Briggs [Ron Briggs, former supervisor of El Dorado County in California] is dead wrong to assert that the death penalty has been conclusively shown not to deter crime. Experience and common sense confirm a deterrent effect.”
“California’s Broken Death Penalty System Can Be Fixed,” sacbee.com, July 20, 2016
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Sacramento County District Attorney, Jan. 2015-present
- Member, Sacramento County Child Death Review Team
- Board Member, California District Attorneys Association
- Founder, District Attorney’s Cold Case Prosecution Unit, 2002
- Founder, Partners Against Chronic Truancy (PACT) program, Sacramento County
- Sacramento County Supervising Deputy District Attorney, 1996-2015
- Education:
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- JD, University of San Francisco, 1989
- BA, Political Science and Government, St. Mary’s College of California, 1986
- Other:
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- Recipient, Prosecutor of the Year award, 2007
- Prosecuted over 100 jury trials, including sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, and murder cases
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