April 5, 2013
Lawrence Johnson, who was sentenced to die in prison in Delaware for his minor role in a robbery-murder when he was just 16 years old, received a...
March 4, 2013
EJI will honor former President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Elaine Jones and Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., co-founders...
February 22, 2013
The Governor of Wyoming last week signed a new law that abolishes life-without-parole sentences for children.
February 8, 2013
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development at their December 2012 meeting joined a national...
February 6, 2013
On January 30, 2013, the First District Court of Appeal of Florida vacated Kyle Walling's life imprisonment without parole sentence and remanded for...
February 4, 2013
On January 31, 2013, EJI won a ruling from the Mississippi Supreme Court ordering a new trial for Dante Evans, who was sentenced to life in prison...
January 31, 2013
Enslaved people who have just escaped from a Virginia plantation in 1862. (Library of Congress)
January 9, 2013
Studies examining lead exposure show that higher childhood blood lead levels are consistently associated with higher adult arrest rates for violent...
December 24, 2012
The Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence has released a report that calls for an end to laws and regulations that...
December 5, 2012
In state appellate courts across the country, EJI is arguing that recent United States Supreme Court decisions require real reform in sentencing...
