Death Penalty

United States Supreme Court Reaffirms That Defense Counsel Must Investigate for Mitigating Evidence in Death Penalty Cases

Former Alabama Death Row Inmate Herbert Williams Sentenced to Life Without Parole

After Unsuccessful Execution, Ohio to Change its Lethal Injection Protocol

EJI Attorneys Argue Two Cases at Alabama Appellate Court Sessions Hosted by Cumberland School of Law

Two Men Exonerated and Released from Death Row in Oklahoma

Acclaimed Actor, Producer, and Human Rights Activist Mike Farrell Speaks at EJI

Alabama Executes Max Payne

Texas Governor Replaces Head of Commission and Derails Investigation into Execution of an Innocent Man

Effort to Kill Ohio Inmate Postponed After Botched Execution Attempt

Alabama to Execute Max Payne Next Week, as States Across the Country Re-Examine Use of Death Penalty

Report Documents the Execution of an Innocent Man in Texas

EJI Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Guarantee Counsel for Alabama Death Row Prisoners on Direct Appeal

United States Supreme Court Orders Hearing on Innocence Claim in Georgia Death Penalty Case

M. Watt Espy, America’s Foremost Historian of Executions, Dies

New North Carolina Law Aims to Combat Race Bias in Death Penalty

ABA President Calls for Reform of Alabama’s Death Penalty