November 28, 2012
The 2012 Smithsonian magazine American Ingenuity Award winners, including EJI Director Bryan Stevenson, will be presented trophies at a special...
November 15, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Meridian, Mississippi, officials for systematically incarcerating...
November 1, 2012
Paul Gingerich, 12, was sentenced to 25 years in adult prison. Photo by WANE-TV
Attorneys for an Indiana boy sentenced to 25 years in prison for...
October 4, 2012
On Sunday, September 30, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 9 - the Fair Sentencing for Youth Act - which gives children sentenced...
September 17, 2012
Some states are changing the way children accused of crime are treated by making it more difficult for prosecutors to try children in adult court...
August 17, 2012
In People v. Caballero, the California Supreme Court unanimously struck down the 110-years-to-life sentence imposed on Rodrigo Caballero for...
August 15, 2012
The Justice Department announced last week that officials in the city of Meridian, Mississippi, are operating a "school-to-prison pipeline" that...
July 5, 2012
Editorials across the country have expressed support for last Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs...
June 25, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court today issued an historic ruling in Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs holding that mandatory life-without-parole...
June 12, 2012
Caril Ann Fugate following her arrest in 1958 at age 14. Register file photo.
The Des Moines Register this week detailed the story of Caril Ann...
