Equal Justice Initiative
| Formation | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Bryan Stevenson |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Purpose | Providing legal representation to those who may have been denied a fair trial. |
| Location | |
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Executive director
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Bryan Stevenson |
| Website | www |
The Equal Justice Initiative (or EJI) is a non-profit organization, based in Montgomery, Alabama, that provides legal representation to prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted of crimes, poor prisoners, and others who may have been denied a fair trial.[1]
History
The EJI was established in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, who has served as the organization's executive director ever since.[1] As of February 2015, the organization had saved 115 men from the death penalty.[2]
In February 2015, the organization released a report which stated that 3,959 lynchings of African-Americans had occurred from 1877 to 1950.[3][4]
In April 2015, the organization helped win the release of Anthony Ray Hinton, a black man who had been on death row in Alabama for nearly 30 years.[5]
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