August 12, 2009
On August 11, 2009, North Carolina Governor Beverly Purdue signed into law the Racial Justice Act. The legislation recognizes the potential for...
July 13, 2009
H. Thomas Wells Jr., president of the American Bar Association and a partner in the Birmingham office of Maynard, Cooper and Gale, called for a...
July 6, 2009
On June 26, 2009, Etowah County Circuit Judge Allen Millican sentenced Glenn Holladay to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. The...
July 2, 2009
On June 25, 2009, the United States Supreme Court held that prosecutors cannot use forensic reports as evidence in a criminal trial without giving...
June 25, 2009
On June 18, 2009, the United States Supreme Court held that prisoners have no right to obtain DNA evidence for testing that could prove they are...
June 12, 2009
Tonight Jack Trawick was executed by the State of Alabama. Mr. Trawick was convicted and sentenced to death in Jefferson County, Alabama, for the...
June 11, 2009
On June 10, 2009, the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation announced that it will award its 2009 Justice Prize to EJI Executive Director Bryan...
June 5, 2009
Alabama lawmakers recently passed a new law that requires the state to collect DNA samples from everyone who is arrested for a felony, including...
June 4, 2009
The editorial board of the Gadsden Times, which has in the past argued for capital punishment, urged the State of Alabama to suspend executions and...
May 19, 2009
Seven years after he was condemned to death for the capital murder of Karen Tipton, a Morgan County jury on May 15, 2009, found Daniel Moore not...
