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Officers Ignored Man Stabbed in Alabama Prison as He Lay Dying, Court Reveals

EJI Announces 37 Winners of 2026 Montgomery Public Schools Legacy Scholarship

Pope Leo Affirms Support for Abolition of the Death Penalty

Marker Honoring Three Lynching Victims Dedicated in Frederick County, Maryland

Supreme Court Undermines Black Political Participation in Devastating Ruling on Voting Rights Act

Nate Smith and Lizz Wright to Headline EJI’s Juneteenth Celebration

Virginia Ends Tax Exemptions for Confederate Groups

Pennsylvania Strikes Down Mandatory Life Sentences for Felony Murder

Gordon Parks and the Imperative to Resist

Fayette County Unveils Historical Marker Memorializing Lynching

EJI Remembers Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr., Champion of Nonviolent Action

Recognizing Arbitrariness, Gov. Commutes Charles Burton's Death Sentence

EJI Announces the Opening of Montgomery Square

Racial Bias Requires New Trial in Alabama Death Penalty Case

Marker Honoring Ed Johnson Dedicated in Hamilton County, Tennessee

EJI Remembers Civil Rights Foot Soldier Jo Ann Bland

Court Orders Exhibits on Enslavement Restored in Philadelphia

Pioneering Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson Dies at 84

Alabama Appeals Court Orders New Trial for EJI Client Warren Hardy

Newly Released Records Reveal Sixth Homicide at Alabama Prison