Death Penalty

Alabama Supreme Court Sets Two Execution Dates

Alabama Supreme Court Rules Death Row Prisoner’s Claims of Juror Misconduct Must Be Heard

New Trial for David Riley Upheld by Alabama Supreme Court

Alabama Trial Judge Resists Political Pressure to Override Jury Verdict of Life Without Parole in High-Profile Case

Alabama High Court Criticizes Judges’ Common and Unfair Practice of Signing Orders Written by Prosecutors

EJI Wins Reversal for Death Row Client Jodey Waldrop

Alabama Supreme Court Holds Death Row Inmate Has Right to Prove His Postconviction Filing Should Be Considered

Eleventh Circuit Has Nation’s Highest Death Sentencing Rate

EJI Wins New Trial for Death Row Prisoner Thomas Lane

Alabama Supreme Court Stays Robert Melson’s Execution Date

Alabama’s Disproportionately High Death Sentencing And Execution Rates At Odds With National Trend

U.S. Supreme Court Orders Review of Judge-Jury Misconduct in Georgia Death Penalty Case

Based on Procedural Rules, Supreme Court Upholds Alabama Death Sentence

Prominent Legal Organization Abandons Death Penalty System

EJI Wins New Trial for Alabama Death Row Prisoner David Riley

Alabama Supreme Court Reverses Death Penalty Case After Finding Evidence of Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection