January 18, 2011
EJI lawyers argued on January 12, 2011, in the Mississippi Court of Appeals on behalf of Dante Evans, who had just turned 14 years old when he was...
January 7, 2011
Omer Ninham
During oral argument at the Wisconsin Supreme Court on January 5, 2011, in the case of Omer Ninham, EJI asked the court to recognize...
October 31, 2010
Ian Manuel
On October 29, 2010, EJI won a unanimous ruling from a Florida Court of Appeal which concluded that juveniles convicted of attempted...
September 21, 2010
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to review the life imprisonment without parole sentence imposed on 14-year-old Omer Ninham, a Native American...
September 17, 2010
The Mississippi Supreme Court yesterday reversed the capital murder conviction of EJI client Demarious Banyard and ordered a new trial for Demarious...
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...
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...
