June 24, 2010
On June 14, 2010, the United States Supreme Court held that a federal appeal filed after a deadline nonetheless can be reviewed on the merits if the...
June 24, 2010
Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Alabama death row inmate Billy Joe Magwood's challenge to the constitutionality of his death...
June 10, 2010
Over the objections of two Justices of the Alabama Supreme Court, John Parker was executed today afer courts refused to review the trial judge’s...
June 6, 2010
Alabama death row prisoner John Parker faces execution on June 10, 2010. EJI lawyers have filed papers in the Alabama Supreme Court asking the court...
June 4, 2010
On May 27, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a federal district court's ruling that Alabama death row prisoner...
May 31, 2010
The Alabama Supreme Court recently granted EJI's request for review of Esaw Jackson's capital murder conviction and death sentence. The case raises...
May 9, 2010
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens told a judicial conference audience that DNA testing has revealed that the risk of...
April 30, 2010
A Dale County Circuit Court has ordered a new trial for Emanuel Gissendanner because his trial lawyers' poor performance and the prosecution's...
April 28, 2010
The Alabama Supreme Court has ordered the executions of two Alabama men. Tommy Whisenhant is scheduled to be executed on May 27, 2010, and John...
April 26, 2010
On Friday, the Alabama Supreme Court held that death row inmate James Harrison has a right to have a judge consider his claim that jurors engaged in...
