Read our latest report on racial bias and wrongful convictions and join us in celebrating the 10th anniversary of Just Mercy.
Report: Unreliable Verdicts
Our new report, Unreliable Verdicts: Racial Bias and Wrongful Convictions, documents how excluding Black people and other people of color from juries can increase the chance of a wrongful conviction, especially in death penalty cases.
On the heels of wins in two Alabama death penalty cases, we actively supported the commutation of 37 federal death sentences in December. We currently represent scores of people facing execution in Alabama and we are steadily working on reform and abolition across the country.
EJI has worked with hundreds of communities across the nation to reveal the history and legacy of racial injustice by documenting and commemorating victims of racial terror lynchings. Together with local partners, we have installed historical markers at the sites of racial terror lynchings in Louisiana, Indiana, and Georgia in the past six months alone.
EJI is proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of executive director Bryan Stevenson’s #1 New York Times bestselling book, Just Mercy. This book isa powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us and a call to fix our broken justice system. Just Mercy has become a major motion picture and was named one of the most influential books of the decade.
Since we opened Freedom Monument Sculpture Park last year, hundreds of thousands of people have visited the Legacy Sites in Montgomery, Alabama, and experienced an unforgettable journey through American history.
