May 19, 2008
The State of Alabama has moved for execution dates for four Alabama death row prisoners since the United States Supreme Court ruled last month that...
May 1, 2008
The Equal Justice Initiative examined death sentences imposed in Alabama counties since 1978 and found surprising differences between counties in...
April 17, 2008
On April 8, 2008, EJI Executive Director Bryan Stevenson testified before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on the Constitution on...
March 29, 2008
On Monday, March 24, 2008, Oklahoma death row prisoner James Fisher won reversal of his capital murder conviction and death sentence because his...
March 19, 2008
Alabama is the only state in the country that allows standardless judicial override: Alabama judges can, and frequently do, reject jury verdicts for...
February 21, 2008
A new film by Irish filmmakers on race and the death penalty is now available from EJI. "Death in Dixie," featuring former First Lady Rosalynn...
February 20, 2008
Based on new data from the Bureau of Justice, Alabama leads the nation in the rate of new death sentences for the fifth straight year. Last year,...
January 31, 2008
This evening the United States Supreme Court stayed the execution of Jimmy Callahan one hour before he was scheduled to be killed. Because a stay of...
January 30, 2008
After the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday evening lifted the stay of execution which had been in place since last year, Mr. Callahan...
January 30, 2008
Today the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the stay of execution granted by a federal district court to Alabama death row inmate Jimmy...
