Last week, Florida governor Rick Scott signed a bill into law that prevents judges from overruling juries’ recommendations for life imprisonment and […]
A recent article by the Equal Justice Initiative reports on a study published by the Justice Department that found that allegations of […]
On February 26th, the USA Today reported that Google.org, the philanthropic sector of Google, is giving $1 million to the Equal Justice Initiative. […]
This week the New York Times reported that a man had been released from prison after spending many years in solitary confinement. Albert Woodfox […]
The Equal Justice Initiative published an article yesterday that examined the record-breaking number of exonerations in the United States in 2015. The […]
In the first few weeks of February, the popular photo blog Humans of New York has featured photographs and stories of federal […]
On February 10th, 2016, the Morgridge Center for Public Service and Madison-area Urban Ministry are teaming up to put on an event […]
The Equal Justice Initiative recently profiled four bills that impact federal sentencing in the United States. The following blog post will outline […]
Anthony Ray Hinton was recently exonerated after 30 years behind bars in Alabama. His case, and others like it, have made the […]
On January 12th, the United States Supreme court found Florida and Alabama’s capital sentencing procedures to be unconstitutional as they do not […]