Equal Justice Initiative
6 days ago · Racial Justice Reports. Visit EJI's Legacy Sites in Montgomery. Support. EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the U.S., challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. We’ve earned a perfect score from Charity Navigator ...
About EJI - Equal Justice Initiative
The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
Bryan Stevenson - Equal Justice Initiative
Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a human rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and ...
Racial Justice | Equal Justice Initiative
EJI believes we need a new era of truth and justice that starts with confronting our history of racial injustice. American history begins with the creation of a myth to absolve white settlers of the genocide of Native Americans: the false belief that nonwhite people …
Criminal Justice Reform - Equal Justice Initiative
In the American criminal justice system, wealth—not culpability—shapes outcomes. Many people charged with crimes lack the resources to investigate cases or obtain the help they need, leading to wrongful convictions and excessive sentences, even in capital cases.
Our Team - Equal Justice Initiative
Our law fellowships, justice fellowships, racial justice internships, and social work fellowships are among the positions at EJI that typically attract hundreds of applicants. Learn more about opportunities to join EJI.
About - The Legacy Sites
As a nonprofit law office founded by Bryan Stevenson in 1989, the Equal Justice Initiative represents clients sentenced to death and condemned to die in prison, challenges inhumane conditions of confinement, and works to expose racial bias in the criminal legal system.
The Legacy Sites
Aug 6, 2024 · Experience American history at the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and Freedom Monument Sculpture Park. arrow icon About “There is nothing like it in the country.”
About - Equal Justice Initiative
MORE ON THE EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE. EJI challenges racial and economic injustice and provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in jails and prisons.
Death Penalty - Equal Justice Initiative
The death penalty in America is a flawed, expensive policy, defined by bias and error. It targets the most vulnerable people in our society and corrupts the integrity of our criminal justice system. From police officers to family members of murder victims, Americans are recognizing that the death penalty does not make us safer.