August 2, 2011
The United States Department of Justice yesterday filed a lawsuit challenging Alabama's extremely restrictive immigration law because it interferes...
May 26, 2011
On May 23, 2011, the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Plata upheld a court order requiring California to release up to 46,000 prisoners to...
May 5, 2011
EJI Director Bryan Stevenson this week received the Ford Foundation Visionaries Award. He was honored as one of twelve social innovators chosen for...
May 4, 2011
Photo by Steve Petteway,
Collection of the U.S. Supreme Court
EJI honored John Paul Stevens, retired Associate Justice of the United States...
February 22, 2011
According to a national study by the nonpartisan Justice at Stake Campaign and other organizations, candidates in Alabama's three Supreme Court races...
December 3, 2010
Tutwiler Prison, Alabama
The United States Supreme Court on November 30, 2010, heard oral argument in Schwarzenegger v. Plata about whether a...
November 9, 2010
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld a ruling by a circuit court judge which struck down part of Alabama’s sex offender statute, the...
August 31, 2010
A study released last week by the Department of Justice reveals that Alabama prisons and jails have some of the highest rates of sexual assault in...
August 22, 2010
A new study led by the Brennan Center for Justice has documented how the enormous rise in judicial campaign spending over the last decade threatens...
August 17, 2010
State officials are investigating the death of a 24-year-old prison inmate who was beaten to death by guards at Ventress Correctional Facility in...
