March 15, 2010
EJI is seeking to overturn the conviction and sentence of life imprisonment without parole imposed on 13-year-old Demarious Banyard through an appeal...
February 26, 2010
The Iowa Supreme Court today reversed a lower court judgment which had barred a challenge to the constitutionality of life imprisonment without...
January 19, 2010
Bryan Stevenson argued at the Iowa Supreme Court today in Veal v. State that sentencing a 14-year-old child to life imprisonment without possibility...
November 9, 2009
Today EJI argues at the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Petitioner Joe Sullivan in Sullivan v. Florida, which challenges the imposition of...
October 30, 2009
Over a dozen national and international organizations representing teachers, scientists, adolescent development experts, physicians, and corrections...
October 15, 2009
EJI lawyers Bryan Stevenson and Brandon Buskey, seated, argue before the Supreme Court.
On October 8, 2009, the Alabama Supreme Court and the...
July 27, 2009
A national study found that more prisoners today are serving life sentences across the country than ever before. Alabama ranks among the top three...
June 5, 2009
Alabama lawmakers recently passed a new law that requires the state to collect DNA samples from everyone who is arrested for a felony, including...
May 4, 2009
The United States Supreme Court today decided that it will review the case of Joe Sullivan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in...
