News & CommentarySubscribe to our newsletter and never miss an update. Subscribe Guest User 10/2/23 Guest User 10/2/23 PJI Premiers New Documentary “Prisons and Plantations” at Whitney Plantation Read More Press Release Guest User 9/18/23 Press Release Guest User 9/18/23 PJI & RBB Challenge Unconstitutional Conditions of Forced Labor at Angola Read More Guest User 8/14/23 Guest User 8/14/23 The Families of Victims and People on Death Row to Gather in Support of Clemency Read More Statement Guest User 8/14/23 Statement Guest User 8/14/23 Statement of Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Read More Death Penalty Guest User 8/3/23 Death Penalty Guest User 8/3/23 Featured in The Guardian: Louisiana’s death row inmates make rare mass petition for commutation Read More Statement Guest User 7/27/23 Statement Guest User 7/27/23 Statement from the Promise of Justice Initiative on Board’s Failure to Act on Capital Clemency Read More Guest User 6/30/23 Guest User 6/30/23 PJI Calls for Action to Protect Incarcerated People from Extreme Heat Read More Guest User 6/26/23 Guest User 6/26/23 Times Picayune Special Report on the Death Penalty Read More Guest User 5/11/23 Guest User 5/11/23 House Committee Advances Insufficient Remedy for Unconstitutional Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts Read More Guest User 3/30/23 Guest User 3/30/23 Fond Farewell Read More Guest User 2/24/23 Guest User 2/24/23 PJI Holds Initial Screenings for End Plantation Prisons series Read More Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 PJI Announces Appointment of Next Executive Director Read More Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 PJI’s Efforts on Overdetention Lead to Major DOJ Findings Read More Matt Bailey 1/5/23 Matt Bailey 1/5/23 PJI Releases End Plantation Prison Resource With Partners Read More News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 PJI Overdetention Litigation Featured in New York Times Read More Matt Bailey 11/18/22 Matt Bailey 11/18/22 PJI Celebrates Its Founding with Anniversary Event, Video, and Art Installation Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 The Promise of Justice Initiative’s Statement on Louisiana Supreme Court Denying Remedy to Those Convicted by Jim Crow Jury Verdicts Read More Guest User 9/28/22 Guest User 9/28/22 PJI Executive Director, Mercedes Montagnes, receives prestigious Harvard Law School Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowship Read More Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 PJI Launches Walker – Thompson Fellowship in honor of criminal justice reform advocates John Thompson and Neal Walker Read More Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 John Thompson Legacy Center opens on 9/6 in the former Resurrection After Exoneration space Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Guest User 10/2/23 Guest User 10/2/23 PJI Premiers New Documentary “Prisons and Plantations” at Whitney Plantation Read More
Press Release Guest User 9/18/23 Press Release Guest User 9/18/23 PJI & RBB Challenge Unconstitutional Conditions of Forced Labor at Angola Read More
Guest User 8/14/23 Guest User 8/14/23 The Families of Victims and People on Death Row to Gather in Support of Clemency Read More
Statement Guest User 8/14/23 Statement Guest User 8/14/23 Statement of Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Read More
Death Penalty Guest User 8/3/23 Death Penalty Guest User 8/3/23 Featured in The Guardian: Louisiana’s death row inmates make rare mass petition for commutation Read More
Statement Guest User 7/27/23 Statement Guest User 7/27/23 Statement from the Promise of Justice Initiative on Board’s Failure to Act on Capital Clemency Read More
Guest User 6/30/23 Guest User 6/30/23 PJI Calls for Action to Protect Incarcerated People from Extreme Heat Read More
Guest User 5/11/23 Guest User 5/11/23 House Committee Advances Insufficient Remedy for Unconstitutional Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts Read More
Guest User 2/24/23 Guest User 2/24/23 PJI Holds Initial Screenings for End Plantation Prisons series Read More
Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 PJI Announces Appointment of Next Executive Director Read More
Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 PJI’s Efforts on Overdetention Lead to Major DOJ Findings Read More
Matt Bailey 1/5/23 Matt Bailey 1/5/23 PJI Releases End Plantation Prison Resource With Partners Read More
News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 PJI Overdetention Litigation Featured in New York Times Read More
Matt Bailey 11/18/22 Matt Bailey 11/18/22 PJI Celebrates Its Founding with Anniversary Event, Video, and Art Installation Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 The Promise of Justice Initiative’s Statement on Louisiana Supreme Court Denying Remedy to Those Convicted by Jim Crow Jury Verdicts Read More
Guest User 9/28/22 Guest User 9/28/22 PJI Executive Director, Mercedes Montagnes, receives prestigious Harvard Law School Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowship Read More
Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 PJI Launches Walker – Thompson Fellowship in honor of criminal justice reform advocates John Thompson and Neal Walker Read More
Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 John Thompson Legacy Center opens on 9/6 in the former Resurrection After Exoneration space Read More
