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United States Supreme Court Grants Relief to EJI Client Anthony Hinton

Attorney General Eric Holder Calls on States to Restore Voting Rights to Formerly Incarcerated Americans

Poll Shows Support for the Death Penalty Among Americans Continues to Decline

Federal Government Increases Pressure on States to Stop Prison Rape

Death Penalty Suspended in Washington State

EJI to Host Public Forum Tonight

2013 Is Record-Breaking Year for Exonerations in U.S.

Slavery in America

States Save Millions By Reducing Inmate Population and Closing Prisons

Florida Court Finds Miller v. Alabama Is Retroactive

Botched Ohio Execution Raises Concerns About Lethal Injection Drugs

Justice Department Finds Alabama Violates Constitution by Failing to Protect Women at Tutwiler Prison from Sexual Abuse

Federal Court Rules Solitary Confinement for Death-Sentenced Prisoners Violates Due Process

South Carolina Judge Finds Mistreatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

U.S. Departments of Justice and Education Issue Guidance to End Discriminatory School Discipline Practices

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Miller Decision Is Fully Retroactive, Bans All Sentences of Life Without Parole for Children