News & CommentarySubscribe to our newsletter and never miss an update. Subscribe Organizing and Advocacy, Death Penalty Guest User 3/8/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Death Penalty Guest User 3/8/22 Bills to Repeal the Death Penalty Filed in Louisiana’s House and Senate Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 3/1/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 3/1/22 House Bill 271 seeks to restore justice to people convicted by Jim Crow Juries Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/25/22 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/25/22 House Resolution 51 Task Force submits final report and recommendations to Louisiana State Legislature Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/15/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/15/22 Louisiana Supreme Court agrees to hear PJI Client’s Challenge to Jim Crow Juries Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/11/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/11/22 PJI Client Brandon Jackson granted parole after serving 25 years in prison as a result of a non-unanimous jury conviction Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/7/22 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/7/22 Survivor Informed Taskforce submits Final Report and Recommendations to the Louisiana Legislature Read More Jim Crow Juries, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/2/22 Jim Crow Juries, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/2/22 Promise of Justice Initiative and Voice of the Experienced advocate for an end to Jim Crow Juries at Equal Justice Task Force 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 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 Newer Posts Older Posts
Organizing and Advocacy, Death Penalty Guest User 3/8/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Death Penalty Guest User 3/8/22 Bills to Repeal the Death Penalty Filed in Louisiana’s House and Senate Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 3/1/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 3/1/22 House Bill 271 seeks to restore justice to people convicted by Jim Crow Juries Read More
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/25/22 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/25/22 House Resolution 51 Task Force submits final report and recommendations to Louisiana State Legislature Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/15/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/15/22 Louisiana Supreme Court agrees to hear PJI Client’s Challenge to Jim Crow Juries Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/11/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 2/11/22 PJI Client Brandon Jackson granted parole after serving 25 years in prison as a result of a non-unanimous jury conviction Read More
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/7/22 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/7/22 Survivor Informed Taskforce submits Final Report and Recommendations to the Louisiana Legislature Read More
Jim Crow Juries, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/2/22 Jim Crow Juries, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 2/2/22 Promise of Justice Initiative and Voice of the Experienced advocate for an end to Jim Crow Juries at Equal Justice Task Force 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
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
