February 8, 2013
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development at their December 2012 meeting joined a national...
February 6, 2013
On January 30, 2013, the First District Court of Appeal of Florida vacated Kyle Walling's life imprisonment without parole sentence and remanded for...
February 4, 2013
On January 31, 2013, EJI won a ruling from the Mississippi Supreme Court ordering a new trial for Dante Evans, who was sentenced to life in prison...
December 28, 2012
The Louisiana Supreme Court has decided to permit retroactive application of Miller v. Alabama to people sentenced as juveniles to life without the...
December 24, 2012
The Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence has released a report that calls for an end to laws and regulations that...
December 5, 2012
In state appellate courts across the country, EJI is arguing that recent United States Supreme Court decisions require real reform in sentencing...
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...
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...
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...
