Death Penalty

EJI Asks U.S. Attorney General to Investigate Federal Law Violations in Alabama’s Acquisition of Lethal Injection Drugs

Alabama Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence After State Presented Highly Improper Victim Impact Evidence

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Relief on Innocence Claim in Georgia Death Penalty Case

U.S. Supreme Court Holds Innocent Man May Not Sue Prosecutors Responsible for Misconduct That Nearly Resulted in his Execution

Alabama Executes Glenn Boyd Despite Jury’s Life Verdict

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Mailroom Mistake Should Bar Appeals for Alabama Death Row Prisoner

Alabama Supreme Court Rejects Trial Judge’s Order Denying Relief Prepared by Prosecutor on Death Penalty Case

Alabama Supreme Court Sets Execution Date for William Boyd

U.S. Supreme Court Holds Prisoners May File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit to Obtain DNA Testing

Illinois Abolishes the Death Penalty

Alabama Death Row Prisoner Wins New Trial From Appeals Court Due to Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection

Alabama’s Death Sentencing and Execution Rates Continue to be Highest in the Country

Alabama Supreme Court to Review Two EJI Death Penalty Cases

Supreme Court Considering Stay of Execution for Leroy White in Alabama

Despite Strong Opposition from the Victim’s Family and a Jury Verdict for Life Imprisonment, Alabama Executes Leroy White

Illinois Legislature Passes Bill Abolishing the Death Penalty