Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her life to the relentless pursuit of a more perfect union. The Innocence Project joins so many others in this country in deeply mourning her passing. Justice Ginsburg championed the movement for gender equity, calling it a fight for “the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.” When asked when there would be enough women on the Supreme Court she famously responded, “When there are nine.”
She also cast important votes in support of reproductive rights, voting rights, LGBTQ rights, and criminal justice — including against the execution of juveniles and people with intellectual disabilities.
“If I were queen, there would be no death penalty,” she said during a Columbia Law School panel in 2018.
Justice Ginsburg’s staunch commitment to justice will perpetually inspire us to pursue freedom for the staggering number of innocent people who remain incarcerated and to dismantle the systemic injustices responsible for such wrongful convictions.
We lost an icon yesterday, and we hold her family, friends, and colleagues in our hearts as we grieve together.
— The Innocence Project Team
The Innocence Project exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. www.innocenceproject.org
