Equal Justice Initiative

ELKMONT, Ala. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy charged with killing five members of his family, including three younger siblings, is being charged as an adult.…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — There's a new way to see the national lynching memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. The memorial this week will begin opening to…

An organization that founded the nation’s first memorial to lynching victims has announced that it has documented thousands of additional killings of…

“Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” Author: Bryan Stevenson Publisher: Spiegel & Grau Pages: 336 Price: $28.00 (Hardcover) I am embarrassed to…

The nation's first memorial to lynching victims is expanding. The Equal Justice Initiative on Saturday opened a new welcome center and exhibition space…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Willie Edwards Jr., a black truck driver, was killed by Ku Klux Klansmen who forced him to jump off a bridge in Alabama in 1957.…

(MONTGOMERY, AL)-- An Alabama Attorney will be the focus of a documentary on HBO. Bryan Stevenson is the Alabama attorney who founded the Equal Justice…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Corrections said Thursday that it is investigating the apparent suicide of one inmate and the stabbing…

In the span of three hours at a southwest Alabama prison, one inmate was fatally stabbed and another was seriously wounded after being stabbed in a…

An inmate was fatally stabbed at a state prison in Springville, Alabama last weekend.Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Bob Horton says the…