Inadequate Counsel

EJI Challenges Elimination of Right to Counsel for Death Row Prisoners on Appeal
September 2, 2008
On August 29, 2008, Equal Justice Initiative attorneys filed a petition in the case of Alabama death row inmate Michael Carruth asking the Alabama...
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EJI Director Testifies at United States Senate Hearing
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...
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With Help From EJI, Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner James Fisher Wins New Trial
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...
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Eleventh Circuit Decision in Lawhorn Case Affirms Need for Effective Counsel at Penalty Phase
March 20, 2008
On March 11, 2008, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s judgment granting Alabama death row prisoner James Charles...
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Conference Addresses Inadequate Counsel for Poor
November 15, 2007
At a November 7, 2007, conference on the right to the effective assistance of counsel and the Supreme Court's 1984 decision in Strickland v....
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Editorials Condemn Alabama's Failure to Provide Counsel to Death Row Prisoners
September 15, 2007
EJI’s filing of a lawsuit on behalf of death row prisoners who had no lawyers to pursue critical post-conviction appeals led to a number of...
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