November 18, 2009
EJI is working to assist people who have been forced into homelessness, denied critical medical care, and subjected to permanent imprisonment as a...
September 8, 2009
On September 4, 2009, the Alabama Supreme Court reversed the conviction and sentence imposed on Marsha Colby, who was convicted of capital murder...
July 27, 2009
A national study found that more prisoners today are serving life sentences across the country than ever before. Alabama ranks among the top three...
July 17, 2009
On July 8, 2009, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a formal pardon for former prisoner Mack Kirby. The Board’s decision, which was...
April 7, 2009
Kenneth Frazier (left) won the release of James "Bo" Cochran, who spent 19 years on Alabama's death row for a crime he did not commit.
February 25, 2009
The United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument next week in Caperton v. Massey about whether West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent...
January 26, 2009
On January 23, 2009, EJI won a ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court establishing that Alabama prisoners are entitled to credit towards their...
October 26, 2008
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...
September 19, 2008
On September 17, 2008, EJI attorneys filed a complaint in Montgomery County Circuit Court alleging that the State of Alabama's application of the...
March 25, 2008
EJI is appealing the conviction of Marsha Colby, a Baldwin County woman convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without...
