January 9, 2009
Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett spent one night in federal custody after evidence showed that inmates in his jail were not being adequately fed,...
November 17, 2008
Analysis of votes cast for president on November 4, 2008, shows that the percentage of white Alabama voters who supported President-Elect Barack...
October 15, 2008
J.L. Chestnut Jr., Selma's first black lawyer and lifelong advocate for equality and racial justice, died September 30, 2008, in Birmingham, Alabama...
August 29, 2008
After Alberta Turner's home in White Hall, Alabama, was severely damaged by storms (click here for photos of the damaged home), EJI Rural Development...
March 25, 2008
On March 17, 2008, EJI asked the United States Supreme Court to review the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' decision denying relief to Eli Crawford...
March 25, 2008
EJI is appealing the conviction of Marsha Colby, a Baldwin County woman convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without...
February 21, 2008
A new film by Irish filmmakers on race and the death penalty is now available from EJI. "Death in Dixie," featuring former First Lady Rosalynn...
September 13, 2007
The Equal Justice Initiative has recently undertaken a major effort to challenge racial bias in jury selection throughout the United States. In...
