June 24, 2010
On June 14, 2010, the United States Supreme Court held that a federal appeal filed after a deadline nonetheless can be reviewed on the merits if the...
June 24, 2010
Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Alabama death row inmate Billy Joe Magwood's challenge to the constitutionality of his death...
April 30, 2010
A Dale County Circuit Court has ordered a new trial for Emanuel Gissendanner because his trial lawyers' poor performance and the prosecution's...
March 25, 2010
EJI staff with honoree Diane Jones, second from left.
On March 23, 2010, EJI honored George Kendall, Director of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey's...
February 22, 2010
Reasoning that a person who brings about a change in the law should be rewarded for his effort, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that death row inmate...
January 20, 2010
The United States Supreme Court today denied relief in Wood v. Allen, an Alabama case which asked the Court to address whether trial lawyers...
December 1, 2009
The United States Supreme Court reaffirmed this week in a case from Florida, Porter v. McCollum, that a defense lawyer must conduct a reasonable...
November 24, 2009
On November 12, 2009, Herbert Williams was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals...
October 1, 2009
With state and local budget crises emerging and intensifying across the recession-wracked United States, jurisdictions are re-examining the death...
September 24, 2009
Human rights work on behalf of Romani victims of discrimination and advocacy for poor people in the criminal justice system in the Deep South was the...
