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...
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...
May 19, 2009
Willie McNair was executed last week after courts refused to review the trial judge’s decision to sentence him to death even though the jury decided...
April 17, 2009
Jimmy Dill
The State of Alabama executed Jimmy Dill on April 16, 2009, in spite of serious concerns that he did not receive the adequate legal...
April 15, 2009
On Monday, April 13, 2009, EJI attorneys filed a motion asking the Alabama Supreme Court to stay the execution of Jimmy Dill, currently set for...
April 7, 2009
Kenneth Frazier (left) won the release of James "Bo" Cochran, who spent 19 years on Alabama's death row for a crime he did not commit.
February 20, 2009
The State of Alabama executed Danny Bradley by lethal injection on Thursday, February 12, 2009, without allowing DNA testing that may have proved Mr...
January 26, 2009
On January 23, 2009, EJI won a ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court establishing that Alabama prisoners are entitled to credit towards their...
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'...
November 27, 2007
The Alabama Supreme Court on November 19, 2007, agreed to review Anthony Ray Hinton's case. Mr. Hinton has been on Alabama's death row for over 20...
