News & CommentarySubscribe to our newsletter and never miss an update. Subscribe Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 1/10/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 1/10/22 Promise of Justice Initiative joins trial for class action suit against David Wade Correctional Center for its inadequate mental health care and use of solitary confinement Read More Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/8/22 Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/8/22 The Promise of Justice Initiative Marks 12 Years of No Executions with Damon Thibodeaux Memorial Death Penalty Abolition Conference Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 11/10/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 11/10/21 Appellate Circuit Split on Whether People with Jim Crow Jury Convictions Should Get Any Remedy Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 11/10/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 11/10/21 Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Holds Ramos Retroactive in PJI Case Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/21 Man Convicted By Unconstitutional Jury Practice for Firearm Possession, Sentenced to Life in Prison to Be Released Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 9/24/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 9/24/21 Law Firm Antiracism Alliance and Professor Thomas Aiello file amicus brief in support of retroactive remedy for 120 Jim Crow jury cases Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/20/21 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/20/21 PJI signs onto letter sent to New Orleans City Council demanding a public hearing in response to Netflix “Jailbirds” season featuring people incarcerated at Orleans Parish Prison Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 9/15/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 9/15/21 Plaquemines Parish Court Judge Rules That Jim Crow Jury Client Will Receive a New Trial Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/6/21 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/6/21 The Promise of Justice Initiative sends letter to Governor Edwards, demanding protection for incarcerated people Post Hurricane Ida Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 8/16/21 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 8/16/21 Promise of Justice Wins Release of New Orleans Man Who Served Over a Decade for Stealing $20 Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/28/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/28/21 Promise of Justice Initiative Requests Federal DOJ Launch Civil Rights Investigation Into Law Enforcement Agencies in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Read More 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 Newer Posts Older Posts
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Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/8/22 Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/8/22 The Promise of Justice Initiative Marks 12 Years of No Executions with Damon Thibodeaux Memorial Death Penalty Abolition Conference Read More
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Jim Crow Juries Guest User 11/10/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 11/10/21 Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Holds Ramos Retroactive in PJI Case Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/21 Man Convicted By Unconstitutional Jury Practice for Firearm Possession, Sentenced to Life in Prison to Be Released Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 9/24/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 9/24/21 Law Firm Antiracism Alliance and Professor Thomas Aiello file amicus brief in support of retroactive remedy for 120 Jim Crow jury cases Read More
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/20/21 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/20/21 PJI signs onto letter sent to New Orleans City Council demanding a public hearing in response to Netflix “Jailbirds” season featuring people incarcerated at Orleans Parish Prison Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 9/15/21 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 9/15/21 Plaquemines Parish Court Judge Rules That Jim Crow Jury Client Will Receive a New Trial Read More
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/6/21 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/6/21 The Promise of Justice Initiative sends letter to Governor Edwards, demanding protection for incarcerated people Post Hurricane Ida Read More
Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 8/16/21 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 8/16/21 Promise of Justice Wins Release of New Orleans Man Who Served Over a Decade for Stealing $20 Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/28/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/28/21 Promise of Justice Initiative Requests Federal DOJ Launch Civil Rights Investigation Into Law Enforcement Agencies in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Read More
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
