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Children in Adult Prison

14-Year-Old Boy Choked, Arrested, and Prosecuted for Staring at Police
June 20, 2013
EJI has joined the call to have felony charges dropped against 14-year-old Tremaine McMillian, who has been charged with disorderly conduct and...
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Delaware Eliminates Death in Prison Sentences for Children
June 13, 2013
On June 4, 2013, Delaware Governor Jack A. Markell signed Senate Bill 9, which eliminates juvenile life imprisonment without possibility of release...
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Connecticut House Passes Bill That Would Abolish Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences
May 24, 2013
The Connecticut House of Representatives passed legislation on Tuesday that effectively abolishes juvenile life without parole.
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Death Penalty

North Carolina Repeals Racial Justice Act
July 5, 2013
On June 19, 2013, two weeks after the North Carolina legislature voted to overturn the Racial Justice Act, Governor Pat McCrory signed the repeal of...
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EJI Wins New Sentencing Trial for Alabama Death Row Prisoner Jerry Jerome Smith
June 10, 2013
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Jerry Jerome Smith's death sentence on Friday and ordered a new sentencing trial, marking the fifth...
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Complaint Accuses Federal Judge of Racial Bias
June 6, 2013
Ethics experts and civil rights organizations filed a complaint of misconduct against Judge Edith H. Jones, who sits on the United States Court of...
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Prisons and Sentencing Reform

EJI Finds Severe Physical and Sexual Abuse and Criminal Misconduct by Correctional Officers at Three Alabama Prisons
July 9, 2013
EJI has filed a complaint that documents severe physical and sexual abuse and violence perpetrated by several correctional officers and officials in...
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Ex-Prison Guard Convicted for Murder of Inmate Rocrast Mack
July 3, 2013
Former prison supervisor Michael Smith was convicted in federal court on June 25, 2013, of fatally beating inmate Rocrast Mack at Ventress...
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Tutwiler Prison Ranked One of Nation's Ten Worst Prisons
May 14, 2013
Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama, has been ranked as one of the ten worst prisons in the country.
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Race and Poverty

North Carolina Repeals Racial Justice Act
July 5, 2013
On June 19, 2013, two weeks after the North Carolina legislature voted to overturn the Racial Justice Act, Governor Pat McCrory signed the repeal of...
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Ex-Prison Guard Convicted for Murder of Inmate Rocrast Mack
July 3, 2013
Former prison supervisor Michael Smith was convicted in federal court on June 25, 2013, of fatally beating inmate Rocrast Mack at Ventress...
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EJI's History of Racial Injustice Highlight: Loving v. Virginia
June 27, 2013
It was a crime in Virginia for Richard Loving, a white man, and Mildred Jeter, a black woman, to marry in 1958, so they married in Washington, DC,...
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