November 11, 2008
Election Day brought significant change to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. Two new judges were elected, and a third seat opened up when...
November 2, 2008
On October 31, 2008, Equal Justice Initiative attorneys filed a brief in the Alabama Supreme Court on behalf of Alabama death row inmate Michael...
October 31, 2008
On October 21, 2008, EJI attorneys argued that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals should order a new trial for death row prisoner David Wilson...
October 27, 2008
Racially discriminatory practices by Alabama prosecutors, including the elimination of African American jurors because they appeared to be of “low...
October 21, 2008
On October 17, 2008, the Alabama Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case of Anthony Ray Hinton, who has spent over 20 years on Alabama'...
October 13, 2008
The federal Judicial Conference Committee on Defender Services recently released a preliminary Update on the Cost, Quality, and Availability of...
September 19, 2008
On September 17, 2008, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Alabama prisoner Herbert Williams's death sentence because his appointed...
September 8, 2008
In a decision released on Friday, September 5, 2008, the Alabama Supreme Court reaffirmed that juror misconduct claims may be raised for the first...
September 6, 2008
The Dhamma Brothers documents the stories of inmates at the maximum-security Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama, as they enter into...
September 2, 2008
On August 29, 2008, Equal Justice Initiative attorneys filed a petition in the case of Alabama death row inmate Michael Carruth asking the Alabama...
