Innocence
,United States Supreme Court
,Jun 16, 2023
On June 15, 2023, Arizona death-sentenced prisoner Barry Jones was freed after serving 29 years for a crime that the Arizona Attorney General agreed he did not commit. Mr. Jones was sentenced to death in 1995 after being convicted of mu…
Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,United States Supreme Court
,Aug 20, 2021
1990s amendments to federal law that severely restricted federal judicial review of state convictions are enabling states to commit miscarriages of justice that risk the lives and freedom of innocent people across the country, writes Washingto…
Innocence
,Representation
,Dec 06, 2019
A federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of Arizona death-row prisoner Barry Jones (pictured) based on medical evidence suggesting that he may not have committed the murder for which he was sentenced to…
Innocence
,Aug 03, 2018
A federal district court has vacated the murder conviction of Arizona death-row prisoner Barry Jones (pictured) in the…
Innocence
,Intellectual Disability
,Representation
,United States Supreme Court
,May 25, 2022
In an opinion legal experts have blasted as “nightmarish” and “an abomination,” the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in two Arizona death penalty cases that 1990s amendments to the federal habeas corpus law permit state prisoners who were provided ine…
Innocence
,Intellectual Disability
,Representation
,United States Supreme Court
,Sep 24, 2021
Nine different groups of advocates, including former prosecutors and judges, leading legal scholars, innocence advocates, and defense attorneys, have filed friend-of-the-court amicus briefs in the United States Supreme Court asking the court to ru…
United States Supreme Court
,Dec 09, 2021
The United States Supreme Court heard oral argument on December 8, 2021 in a case that will have serious implications for the right to federal court review of wrongful convictions and death sentences. Arizona has asked the Supreme Court to reverse…
Representation
,Religion
,United States Supreme Court
,Oct 26, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court has pushed back arguments in three death-penalty cases so it can expedite consideration of two cases involving Texas’ restrictive abortion statute. To hear argument in United States v. Texas and
