Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Lets Stand Decision Holding Miller v. Alabama Is Retroactive

United States Supreme Court Grants Relief to EJI Client Anthony Hinton

Supreme Court to Clarify Constitutional Ban on Executing Intellectually Disabled Persons

U.S. Supreme Court Holds Juries, Not Judges, Must Make Findings That Set Mandatory Minimum Sentences

Supreme Court Strengthens Right to Counsel for Challenging Trial Lawyer’s Ineffectiveness

Supreme Court Considers Extending Right to Counsel for Challenging Trial Lawyer’s Ineffectiveness

Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Cases May Proceed Even While Defendant Is Incompetent

U.S. Supreme Court Lets Stand Finding of Racial Bias in Alabama Jury Selection

Texas Death Penalty Case Reversed Because of Prosecutor’s Misconduct Is Finally Resolved

Supreme Court Ruling Banning Mandatory LWOP for Juveniles Gets Nationwide Editorial Support

U.S. Supreme Court Bans Mandatory Life-Without-Parole Sentences for Children Convicted of Homicide

EJI Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Strike Down Death-in-Prison Sentences for Children

U.S. Supreme Court Finds That Right to Counsel Applies to the Plea-Bargaining Process

U.S. Supreme Court Recognizes New Remedy for Prisoners Whose Postconviction Lawyers Fail to Raise Ineffectiveness of Trial Counsel

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Argument in EJI Appeal Challenging Death-in-Prison Sentences for Children

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds New Trial for Alabama Death Row Inmate