June 15, 2011
The United States Supreme Court has granted review in two cases that address the right to counsel in state postconviction proceedings: Maples v....
June 7, 2011
During an era of financial austerity, the high cost of seeking and carrying out the death penalty is causing states to reconsider capital punishment...
May 19, 2011
The State of Alabama executed Jason Williams today, using a new drug protocol that officials hastily substituted and refused to disclose after their...
May 17, 2011
The Alabama Supreme Court on May 13, 2011, in the case of death row inmate Andrew Apicella reaffirmed that prisoners have a right to amend initial...
May 5, 2011
EJI Director Bryan Stevenson this week received the Ford Foundation Visionaries Award. He was honored as one of twelve social innovators chosen for...
May 4, 2011
Photo by Steve Petteway,
Collection of the U.S. Supreme Court
EJI honored John Paul Stevens, retired Associate Justice of the United States...
April 27, 2011
Two days after EJI filed a complaint with the Department of Justice, Alabama officials this afternoon admitted that the state's supply of sodium...
April 26, 2011
New evidence has emerged that suggests that the Alabama Department of Corrections may have violated federal law by acquiring sodium thiopental from...
April 15, 2011
The Alabama Supreme Court today vacated Brandon Washington's death sentence because the State introduced highly improper victim impact evidence at...
April 7, 2011
On March 28, 2011, the United States Supreme Court denied review in the case of Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis after a federal trial court...
