November 11, 2011
The United States Supreme Court, over a forceful dissent, this week refused to review the case of Texas death row prisoner Duane Buck, leaving intact...
October 5, 2011
The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in the case of Alabama death row prisoner Cory Maples, who was denied review of his claims in federal...
September 22, 2011
The State of Alabama executed Derrick Mason today even though the sentencing judge who condemned him to die admitted his judgment was a mistake, born...
September 12, 2011
Anthony Ray Hinton has now spent more than 25 years on Alabama’s death row for two murders that EJI contends he did not commit. Asked for the third...
July 29, 2011
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ordered relief in two Florida cases and a Georgia case after finding that lawyers representing the...
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....
March 31, 2011
The State of Alabama executed Glenn Boyd today even though his jury decided that the death penalty was not appropriate in his case and that he should...
March 21, 2011
Today the United States Supreme Court decided to review the case of Cory Maples, who has been denied review of his conviction and death sentence...
March 16, 2011
The Alabama Supreme Court has scheduled an execution date for death row prisoner William Boyd. The state is set to put Mr. Boyd to death on March 31...
February 3, 2011
In the face of growing evidence about the unreliability of the death penalty, and in sharp contrast with the national trend again death sentences...
