News & CommentarySubscribe to our newsletter and never miss an update. Subscribe Jim Crow Juries Guest User 6/25/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 6/25/21 Promise of Justice Initiative Applauds State Court Decision to Vacate Non-Unanimous Jury Conviction Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 6/11/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 6/11/21 Promise of Justice Initiative Applauds Creation of Equal Justice Task Force Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/1/21 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/1/21 Survivors of Violence Gather at State Capitol for Lobby Day Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/27/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/27/21 Statement on Louisiana House Judiciary Committee’s Failure to Pass House Bill 346 Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/17/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/17/21 Statement in Response to U.S. Supreme Court Opinion in Edwards v. Vannoy Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/13/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/13/21 House Judiciary Committee Hears Emotional Testimony in Urging Lawmakers to Advance House Bill 346 Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/19/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/19/21 Promise of Justice Initiative Announces 1,000+ Requests for New Trials Filed on Behalf of Louisianans Serving Time Due to Jim Crow Jury Verdicts Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/1/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/1/21 Legislation Filed to Restore Justice to More Than 1,500 Louisianans Convicted by Non-unanimous Juries Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 3/31/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 3/31/21 Federal Judge Rules Medical Care At Angola Amounts To Cruel And Unusual Punishment And Violates The Americans With Disabilities Act Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 3/26/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 3/26/21 Promise of Justice Initiative Client Jermaine Hudson is Exonerated After Serving 22 Years in Prison on a Jim Crow Jury Conviction Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 3/19/21 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 3/19/21 Wrongfully Convicted Yutico Briley Freed After Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams Supports His Exoneration Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/26/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/26/21 Promise of Justice Initiative and Community Leaders Applaud Orleans Parish DA Jason Williams’ Move to Address the Injustice of Jim Crow Jury Convictions Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 2/22/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 2/22/21 Class-Action Lawsuit Filed to Stop State from Knowingly Imprisoning Thousands of People Beyond Their Court-Ordered Sentences Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/22/21 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/22/21 PJI Releases Third Report on East Baton Rouge Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 1/11/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 1/11/21 Department of Justice launches investigation into overdetention in Louisiana as a result of PJI lawsuit Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 Medical Community Urges Governor to Release Vulnerable Incarcerated Population as COVID Cases Climb Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 Report Finds Gross Misconduct by Officials during COVID-19 Continues to Endanger Lives of Incarcerated in Louisiana Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/9/20 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/9/20 Help us bring our incarcerated friends and family home for the holidays Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 11/18/20 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 11/18/20 New Report: 80% of People Still Imprisoned Due to Jim Crow Jury Verdicts are Black, Most Are Serving Life Sentences Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/19/20 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/19/20 Domestic Violence Victim Convicted By a Jim Crow Jury is Granted Parole Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 6/25/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 6/25/21 Promise of Justice Initiative Applauds State Court Decision to Vacate Non-Unanimous Jury Conviction Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 6/11/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 6/11/21 Promise of Justice Initiative Applauds Creation of Equal Justice Task Force Read More
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/1/21 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/1/21 Survivors of Violence Gather at State Capitol for Lobby Day Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/27/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/27/21 Statement on Louisiana House Judiciary Committee’s Failure to Pass House Bill 346 Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/17/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/17/21 Statement in Response to U.S. Supreme Court Opinion in Edwards v. Vannoy Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/13/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/13/21 House Judiciary Committee Hears Emotional Testimony in Urging Lawmakers to Advance House Bill 346 Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/19/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/19/21 Promise of Justice Initiative Announces 1,000+ Requests for New Trials Filed on Behalf of Louisianans Serving Time Due to Jim Crow Jury Verdicts Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/1/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/1/21 Legislation Filed to Restore Justice to More Than 1,500 Louisianans Convicted by Non-unanimous Juries Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 3/31/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 3/31/21 Federal Judge Rules Medical Care At Angola Amounts To Cruel And Unusual Punishment And Violates The Americans With Disabilities Act Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 3/26/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 3/26/21 Promise of Justice Initiative Client Jermaine Hudson is Exonerated After Serving 22 Years in Prison on a Jim Crow Jury Conviction Read More
Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 3/19/21 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 3/19/21 Wrongfully Convicted Yutico Briley Freed After Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams Supports His Exoneration Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/26/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/26/21 Promise of Justice Initiative and Community Leaders Applaud Orleans Parish DA Jason Williams’ Move to Address the Injustice of Jim Crow Jury Convictions Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 2/22/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 2/22/21 Class-Action Lawsuit Filed to Stop State from Knowingly Imprisoning Thousands of People Beyond Their Court-Ordered Sentences Read More
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/22/21 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/22/21 PJI Releases Third Report on East Baton Rouge Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 1/11/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 1/11/21 Department of Justice launches investigation into overdetention in Louisiana as a result of PJI lawsuit Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 Medical Community Urges Governor to Release Vulnerable Incarcerated Population as COVID Cases Climb Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 Report Finds Gross Misconduct by Officials during COVID-19 Continues to Endanger Lives of Incarcerated in Louisiana Read More
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/9/20 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/9/20 Help us bring our incarcerated friends and family home for the holidays Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 11/18/20 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 11/18/20 New Report: 80% of People Still Imprisoned Due to Jim Crow Jury Verdicts are Black, Most Are Serving Life Sentences Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/19/20 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/19/20 Domestic Violence Victim Convicted By a Jim Crow Jury is Granted Parole Read More
