March 11, 2013
On February 25, 2013, the United States Supreme Court heard argument in a Texas case about whether to extend the rule that allows a defendant to...
March 6, 2013
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on February 27, 2013, ordered a new trial for Alabama death row inmate Ricky Adkins...
March 4, 2013
EJI will honor former President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Elaine Jones and Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., co-founders...
February 18, 2013
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday reversed the capital murder conviction and death sentence imposed on Lam Luong, finding that he was...
February 12, 2013
Ohio Supreme Court Justice William O’Neill explained in a recent dissent from an order setting an execution date for Jeffrey Wogenstahl that the "...
January 31, 2013
Enslaved people who have just escaped from a Virginia plantation in 1862. (Library of Congress)
January 22, 2013
On January 8, 2013, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Ryan v. Gonzales that federal court review in death penalty cases should go forward...
January 17, 2013
Gallup polling shows an overall downward trend in recent years in the percentage of Americans who support capital punishment.
A recent Gallup Poll...
January 9, 2013
Studies examining lead exposure show that higher childhood blood lead levels are consistently associated with higher adult arrest rates for violent...
January 7, 2013
A divided panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on December 28, 2012, affirmed a lower court decision denying federal court review to...
