May 14, 2012
Trina Garnett
In 1977, a 14-year-old mentally disabled girl was charged with second-degree murder after setting a fire that tragically killed two...
April 24, 2012
Demarious Banyard, left, in 2006
Demarious Banyard was 13 when he was arrested and ultimately sentenced to die in prison. He was accused of being...
April 5, 2012
The February 26th shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has sparked shock, outrage, and action across the state of Florida and the nation, and...
March 30, 2012
At its annual benefit dinner on March 26, 2012, EJI honored founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman (above),...
March 30, 2012
EJI legal team outside Supreme Court
EJI's Bryan Stevenson argued in two cases at the United States Supreme Court on March 20, 2012, that the life...
March 17, 2012
Photo by Richard Ross, www.juvenile-in-justice.com
In two cases at the United States Supreme Court on March 20, 2012, EJI Director Bryan Stevenson...
March 12, 2012
EJI lawyers have won new sentences for children in Mississippi and Arkansas who were originally sentenced to die in prison for non-homicide offenses...
March 9, 2012
EJI lawyers argued yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that the federal appeals court should uphold the lower court's ruling...
November 7, 2011
Today, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal filed by EJI which asks the Court to extend protections for children sentenced to...
October 14, 2011
Ian Manuel
The United States Supreme Court this week denied the Florida Attorney General's request for review in Ian Manuel's case, upholding the...
