September 2, 2010
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan yesterday granted a new trial to EJI client T.J. Tremble, who was sentenced to...
July 13, 2010
Today in Kansas City, Missouri, the NAACP awarded EJI Director Bryan Stevenson the William Robert Ming Award for Advocacy at the opening plenary...
June 18, 2010
EJI celebrated Joe Garlock's graduation this month from our Post-Release Education and Preparation (PREP) program. Launched in 2008, PREP provides a...
June 11, 2010
Update: EJI lawyers argued the case of Demarious Banyard in the Mississippi Supreme Court on Monday, June 14, 2010. Demarious has been sentenced to...
May 24, 2010
Following the United States Supreme Court's ruling on May 17 banning life imprisonment without parole sentences for children convicted of non-...
May 17, 2010
Decision Called “A Significant Victory for Children”
(Montgomery, AL) The U.S. Supreme Court today issued an historic ruling in Graham v. Florida...
May 17, 2010
Joe Sullivan, now confined to a wheelchair, is entitled to a new sentence.
Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does...
May 7, 2010
EJI lawyers have filed a brief in the Mississippi Court of Appeals challenging the conviction and life sentence imposed on Dante Evans, who had just...
March 30, 2010
The Mississippi Supreme Court granted review to determine whether it is unconstitutional to sentence a 13-year-old child to life in prison without...
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...
