November 9, 2010
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld a ruling by a circuit court judge which struck down part of Alabama’s sex offender statute, the...
July 15, 2010
James Fisher
After 27 years on Oklahoma's death row and more than a decade of expert assistance from EJI, James Fisher was released this week and...
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...
May 10, 2010
On April 30, 2010, Alabama Governor Bob Riley signed a new law that limits incarceration in Alabama's overcrowded prisons for people on probation who...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
