Presumption of Guilt

A presumption of guilt and dangerousness makes people of color vulnerable to unjustified violence, wrongful convictions, and unfair treatment.

Racial Comments by Federal Prosecutor Provoke Condemnation By Supreme Court Justices

02.26.13

Residents of Alabama Black Belt Counties Struggle to Obtain Disaster Relief

10.15.12

EJI Calls For Reform and Reflection Surrounding Shooting Death of Trayvon Martin

04.04.12

Alabama Prison Book Banning Sparks Nationwide Conversation About America’s Racial History

02.29.12

Racial History Book Banned by Alabama Prison Now a PBS Documentary

02.13.12

Alabama Black Belt Residents Allege Discriminatory Placement of a Toxic Landfill

01.10.12

Alabama’s Immigration Law Results in Arrest of Foreign Business Leaders

12.01.11

Justice Department Investigating Alleged Civil Rights Violations in Alabama Schools

11.22.11

Disenfranchisement of the Formerly Incarcerated Remains Serious Problem in Alabama

11.14.11

EJI Mourns the Loss of Civil Rights Leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Law Professor Derrick Bell

10.07.11

EJI Challenges Prison Officials for Banning Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book on Racial History

09.26.11

New Florida Law Requiring Drug Tests Before the Needy Receive Help Challenged by Navy Veteran

09.08.11

Alabama Ranks 48th Among the 50 States In Quality of Life for Children

08.26.11

Department of Justice and Alabama Churches File Lawsuits Against Alabama’s New Immigration Law

08.02.11

Videotaped Police Brutality in Houston Generates Attention

02.18.11

Federal Appeals Court Rules That Ban on Voting Rights For Formerly Incarcerated is Racially Biased and Illegal

01.07.10