Children in Adult Prison

California Appeal Court Declares Life Without Parole Sentence Unconstitutional for 14-Year-Old Antonio Nunez
May 1, 2009
On April 30, 2009, a California appeal court struck down a life imprisonment without parole sentence imposed on Antonio Nunez, a 14-year-old child...
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EJI Continues Challenges to Death-in-Prison Sentences for 13- and 14-Year-Old Children
April 8, 2009
Photo by Steve Liss The Equal Justice Initiative recently filed challenges in several states to sentences to life imprisonment without possibility...
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EJI Honors Kenneth Frazier and Randy Hertz and Celebrates the Release of Bo Cochran and Phillip Shaw
April 7, 2009
Kenneth Frazier (left) won the release of James "Bo" Cochran, who spent 19 years on Alabama's death row for a crime he did not commit.
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U.S. Supreme Court to Address Judicial Ethics Amid Succession of Judicial Misconduct Scandals Nationwide
February 25, 2009
The United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument next week in Caperton v. Massey about whether West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent...
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EJI Urges Delaware Supreme Court to Strike Down Death-in-Prison Sentence for 14-Year-Old
February 5, 2009
Photo by Steve Liss In oral argument at the Delaware Supreme Court in Dover on February 4, 2009, EJI's Bryan Stevenson argued that the court should...
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U.S. Supreme Court Orders Florida to Respond to EJI's Petition Challenging Death-in-Prison Sentence for 13-Year-Old
February 3, 2009
The United States Supreme Court has asked the State of Florida to respond to EJI's petition in the case of Joe Sullivan, who was convicted for a...
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EJI Loses Biggest Funder Due to Madoff Scheme
January 9, 2009
EJI's largest funder, the JEHT Foundation, will shut down at the end of this month and will not be able to provide grants committed to EJI for the...
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Video: Phillip Shaw - Surviving Death in Prison
December 17, 2008
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EJI Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Review Death-in-Prison Sentence for 13-Year-Old Child
December 16, 2008
Joe Sullivan, now 31 and confined to a wheelchair, was sentenced to die in prison for an offense that happened when he was 13. Attorneys from EJI...
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PHILLIP SHAW IS RELEASED AFTER EJI WINS RELIEF FROM DEATH IN PRISON SENTENCE
November 18, 2008
Click here for video Phillip Shaw is a free man today. He was released from prison in Missouri after his conviction and sentence to life...
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