Death Penalty

EJI Director Testifies at United States Senate Hearing

With Help From EJI, Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner James Fisher Wins New Trial

Eleventh Circuit Decision in Lawhorn Case Affirms Need for Effective Counsel at Penalty Phase

More than 80 People Sentenced to Death in Alabama as a Result of ‘Judge Override’

Alabama Has Highest Rate of Death Sentencing in the Country

Supreme Court Stays Callahan Execution

Jimmy Callahan Seeks Stay from United States Supreme Court

Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Thursday Execution Date for Jimmy Callahan

Alabama Seeking to Resume Executions Following Oral Argument in Baze v. Rees

Alabama Supreme Court Rejects Dismissal of Death Row Inmate’s Appeal Based on Purportedly Invalid Signature on Notice of Appeal

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Argument About Lethal Injection

New Jersey Abolishes the Death Penalty

Federal Judge Stays Execution of Jimmy Callahan

U.S. Supreme Court Stays Execution of Tommy Arthur in Alabama

Federal Judge Rules Alabama Lethal Injection Case Will Go to Trial

Alabama Supreme Court to Review Anthony Ray Hinton Case