Equal Justice Initiative

On October 6, 2008, the Alabama Supreme Court agreed to review Wesley Quick's case, in which the Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that Mr. Quick was not entitled to any credit for over seven years he spent on death row before being acquitted of capital murder. In a brief filed on October 17, 2008, Equal Justice Initiative attorneys representing Mr. Quick argued that the Alabama Supreme Court should reverse the lower court's decision and get credit for the time he served in prison.

On September 17, 2008, EJI attorneys filed a complaint in Montgomery County Circuit Court alleging that the State of Alabama's application of the Community Notification Act's adult sex offender residency and notification requirements against Andrew Miller, a mentally retarded, visually impaired, and physically disabled man, violate his and his family's constitutional rights.

EJI is appealing the conviction of Marsha Colby, a Baldwin County woman convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for the death of her newborn son, despite strong evidence that the baby was stillborn.