On December 18, 2009, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed David Riley's capital murder conviction and remanded his case for a new trial because the trial court allowed his jury to consider highly prejudicial evidence in an illegal manner. read more
On December 4, 2009, the Alabama Supreme Court reversed the case of Jason Sharp, who was sentenced to death following a trial tainted by the State's discrimination against African Americans during jury selection. read more
The United States Supreme Court reaffirmed this week in a case from Florida, Porter v. McCollum, that a defense lawyer must conduct a reasonable investigation to uncover mitigating evidence in preparation for a capital trial. read more
On November 12, 2009, Herbert Williams was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Mr...
EJI is working to assist people who have been forced into homelessness, denied critical medical care, and subjected to permanent imprisonment as a result of Alabama's Community Notification Act. read more
Ohio is poised to become the first state in the country to change to a single-drug lethal injection. The new protocol comes in the wake of several botched executions, including the state's unsuccessful attempt to execute Rommell Broom in September. read more
Today EJI argues at the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Petitioner Joe Sullivan in Sullivan v. Florida, which challenges the imposition of life-without-parole sentences on young adolescents. read more
Nearly half of all children in the United States and 90% of African American children will rely on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the recession could push those numbers higher. read more
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Next week the Supreme Court will hear arguments, in Sullivan v. Florida, about whether sentencing a 13-year-old boy to prison without the possibility of parole violates the cruel-and–unusual-punishment clause of the Constitution. Joe Harris Sullivan is one
Over a dozen national and international organizations representing teachers, scientists, adolescent development experts, physicians, and corrections professionals have filed friend-of-the-court briefs in Sullivan v. Florida and Graham v...
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A former U.S. Senator recounts his gun toting days and explains why kids are dumber than adults.
EJI Attorneys Argue Two Cases at Alabama Appellate Court Sessions Hosted by Cumberland School of Law
EJI lawyers Bryan Stevenson and Brandon Buskey, seated, argue before the Supreme Court...
More questions about the reliability of the death penalty were raised when Yancy Douglas, 35, and Paris Powell, 36, were released from Oklahoma's death row on October 2, 2009, after being exonerated in the 1993 capital murder for which they have spent 14 years in prison. read more
Dozens of community members participated in a discussion and book-signing by acclaimed actor, producer, and human rights activist Mike Farrell on October 9, 2009, at EJI. read more
The State of Alabama executed Max Payne by lethal injection yesterday at Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama. Mr. Payne was the sixth person to be put to death in Alabama this year. Alabama has executed 44 people in the modern death penalty era...
