Death Penalty

EJI Wins New Trial for Alabama Death Row Prisoner Esaw Jackson

Alabama Executes Mentally Impaired Inmate Holly Wood

Despite Appeal from Prison Guards for Clemency, Jeff Land is Executed

EJI Wins Reversal for Death Row Client Mark Brown

Alabama Supreme Court Sets Two Execution Dates

EJI Attorneys Argue Death Penalty Case At the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals

James Fisher Wins Release to EJI’s Re-Entry Program After 27 Years on Death Row

Alabama Supreme Court Grants Review in Three Death Penalty Cases Handled by EJI

In Death Penalty Case, U.S. Supreme Court Reaffirms Importance of Right to Effective Counsel

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Alabama Death Row Inmate’s Challenge to His Sentence Must Be Heard

Despite a Jury Verdict of Life, State of Alabama Executes John Parker

EJI Seeks Stay of Execution for John Parker

Federal Appeals Court Bars State of Alabama From Executing Kenneth Thomas Because He Is Intellectually Disabled

EJI Wins an Order for Review of Alabama Death Penalty Case

Justice Stevens Says Risk of Wrongful Convictions and Sentences Is Increased in Death-Penalty Cases

Death Row Inmate Emanuel Gissendanner Wins New Trial After Questions Raised About His Guilt