News & CommentarySubscribe to our newsletter and never miss an update. Subscribe 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 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 1/25/22 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 1/25/22 Gloria “Mama Glo” Williams, Louisiana’s longest serving woman and mother, to be released from prison after 50 years 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 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 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 8/18/20 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 8/18/20 Derek Harris Freed Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 8/14/20 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 8/14/20 Despite Resentencing, Derek Harris Remains Incarcerated Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 8/6/20 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 8/6/20 Derek Harris Will Walk Free After Life Without Parole Sentence Reduced in Landmark Case Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 7/9/20 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 7/9/20 Louisiana Supreme Court Delivers Landmark Ruling for Veteran Convicted of Life Without Parole for $30 of Marijuana Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 6/23/20 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 6/23/20 After a Long Struggle, Henri Lyles Sentenced to Only 12 Years from Life Without Parole: A Victory Against Louisiana’s Draconian Sentencing Regime Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 1/24/20 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 1/24/20 Veteran Challenges Life Sentence for Selling $30 Worth of Marijuana Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 11/27/19 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 11/27/19 PJI Honors the Life of Bobbie Jean Johnson Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 10/17/19 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 10/17/19 Louisiana Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Derek Harris’ Case Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 10/3/19 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 10/3/19 Life Without Parole for a $30 sale of Marijuana Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 4/17/19 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 4/17/19 Video Highlights PJI Client Shannon Hurd Read More Strategic Defense Litigation, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 5/22/18 Strategic Defense Litigation, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 5/22/18 COREY WILLIAMS IS FINALLY FREE, after 20 years in prison. Read More Death Penalty, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 3/6/18 Death Penalty, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 3/6/18 Another Case of Repeated Prosecutorial Misconduct: PJI Files Habeas Petition in Federal Court Read More Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 2/16/18 Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 2/16/18 With Her Conviction Vacated, Bobbie Jean Johnson is Free Read More Death Penalty, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 11/17/17 Death Penalty, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 11/17/17 Lawsuit Filed in Wrongful Conviction Case: Rodricus Crawford v Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office, Former DA Dale Cox & Others Read More Death Penalty, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 11/17/17 Death Penalty, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 11/17/17 Rodricus Crawford Sues – Wrongful Conviction Based on Prosecution Focused on Race and Religion – Not Evidence Read More Death Penalty, Strategic Defense Litigation, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 4/14/17 Death Penalty, Strategic Defense Litigation, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 4/14/17 Caddo District Attorney’s Office will not Retry Rodricus Crawford Read More Older Posts
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
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