December 6, 2012
On November 13, 2012, the United States Supreme Court denied the State of Alabama's petition challenging a federal appellate court decision which...
October 18, 2012
Uniformed police officers oppose relief in Fayetteville courtroom during Racial Justice Act hearing. Photo by Andrew Craft/Fayetteville Observer...
February 6, 2012
Bryan Stevenson testifies in Fayetteville, NC
North Carolina attorneys have begun presenting evidence in the first hearing under the state's...
October 24, 2011
On October 19, 2011, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) filed a civil rights lawsuit contending that District Attorney Douglas Valeska has illegally...
February 25, 2011
EJI won a new trial for death row inmate Jason Sharp today when the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals held that the Madison County prosecutor...
December 20, 2010
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on December 17, 2010, remanded the case of death row prisoner Demetrius Jackson because there was evidence that...
June 22, 2010
Read the Report: Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy
Nearly 135 years after Congress passed the Civil Rights...
June 20, 2010
EJI director Bryan Stevenson discussed EJI's new study on illegal racial discrimination in jury selection on NPR's All Things Considered today. Mr....
June 8, 2010
Bryan Stevenson discussed the problem of continuing racial bias in jury selection and the solutions proposed in EJI's new report with Roland Martin...
June 7, 2010
NPR's Michelle Martin interviewed EJI director Bryan Stevenson and excluded juror Brenda Greene on the program Tell Me More. Mr. Stevenson and Ms....
