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"...restorative justice allows a pathway to healing versus a pathway to punishment." - Jamila Hodge, CEO of Equal Justic...
31/07/2024

"...restorative justice allows a pathway to healing versus a pathway to punishment." - Jamila Hodge, CEO of Equal Justice USA. WATCH to find out more...

Addressing institutional racism through promoting community-based violence intervention.

"Over these last 30 years, we’re understanding that punishment doesn’t have the deterrent effect that we thought it did,...
31/07/2024

"Over these last 30 years, we’re understanding that punishment doesn’t have the deterrent effect that we thought it did, and that if we want to drive down violence, we need to have better strategies." - Jamila Hodge, CEO of Equal Justice USA. Read more in Mother Jones...

Former prosecutors weigh in on how Kamala Harris' past could influence her path forward.

“In this moment of hope for our country to recognize the leadership and value of Black women, we are yet again reminded ...
26/07/2024

“In this moment of hope for our country to recognize the leadership and value of Black women, we are yet again reminded that Black people are not safe at the hands of police, whether calling for help, being pulled over, or sleeping in our own homes." - Jamila Hodge, CEO of Equal Justice USA. Read more in USA TODAY...

While much of the public discourse centers on Black men, Black women also experience significant and often overlooked trauma from police violence.

To mark Juneteenth, the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus calls for ending the state's death penalty. WATCH...
12/06/2024

To mark Juneteenth, the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus calls for ending the state's death penalty. WATCH...

According to a recent report, there are 119 inmates sitting on Ohio's death row.

"We know that New Jersey will be best served by a statewide program in which the vast majority of individuals who are ex...
28/05/2024

"We know that New Jersey will be best served by a statewide program in which the vast majority of individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis can receive outreach services from trained mental health professionals who are the first responders to the call for help." - Robyn Gorman, CEO of Hudson Partnership CMO. Read more in the Jersey City Times...

The possibility that multiple teams may respond to a given crisis raises serious concerns about effectiveness and implementation.

The disparities inherent in America's death penalty are on display in one case from Oklahoma, according to Sam Heath, le...
25/04/2024

The disparities inherent in America's death penalty are on display in one case from Oklahoma, according to Sam Heath, leader of the EJUSA Evangelical Network. Read more in Baptist News Global...

Death penalty opponents are bracing for the anticipated ex*****on of an Oklahoma man who even the state acknowledges did not kill anyone. Tremane Wood has been on Oklahoma’s Death Row since 2004 for participating in a robbery-turned-homicide in which the actual killer received a life sentence. Yet...

“Discrimination in capital punishment was explicitly written in many states’ laws during slavery. Black people – whether...
22/04/2024

“Discrimination in capital punishment was explicitly written in many states’ laws during slavery. Black people – whether slaves or not – faced the death penalty for crimes that… (would not carry a death sentence) if committed by a white person. A full 75% of those executed in the South from 1910 to 1950 were black, even though black people were less than a quarter of the South’s population.” Source: Equal Justice USA. Read more in Justia...

Amherst professor Austin Sarat discusses the history of ex*****on methods in the United States and the recent findings from a Reprieve report showing that lethal injection ex*****ons of Black inmates...

“Racial oppression relies on our willingness to dehumanize other people. And that same devaluing of human life is what m...
18/04/2024

“Racial oppression relies on our willingness to dehumanize other people. And that same devaluing of human life is what makes painful, torturous ex*****ons something our nation has come to accept,” said Jamila Hodge, leader of Equal Justice USA in The Hill. Read more...

A report says Black inmates sentenced to death by lethal injection suffered a botched procedure at higher rates than white prisoners. In the analysis released this month, researchers at t…

The Jackson-Andrews bill is supported by the Jews Against Gassing Coalition, an organization of Jewish Louisiana residen...
16/04/2024

The Jackson-Andrews bill is supported by the Jews Against Gassing Coalition, an organization of Jewish Louisiana residents who oppose the use of gas for state-sanctioned deaths. Read more in the Louisiana Illuminator...

A Louisiana Senate committee advanced a bill that would remove nitrogen gas asphyxiation from the approved list of ex*****on methods.

"For too long, people have expected law enforcement to do everything around public safety, but the police can’t do it al...
05/04/2024

"For too long, people have expected law enforcement to do everything around public safety, but the police can’t do it all. And they don’t always have the tools necessary to meet the immediate needs of those impacted by violence. That’s why so many of our folks, especially young people, are building their own solutions." - Mayor Tyrin Truong of Bogalusa, Louisiana. Read more in NOLA.com...

Bogalusa is not Louisiana’s best-known city. It’s rural and remote. Nearly a third of residents live below the poverty line. But more than 10,000 people call it home. Many of

"We cannot ignore that the death penalty's roots stretch back to slavery and the lynchings that continued long after the...
04/04/2024

"We cannot ignore that the death penalty's roots stretch back to slavery and the lynchings that continued long after the Emancipation Proclamation," said Equal Justice USA CEO Jamila Hodge. "As lynchings diminished, ex*****ons surged. Every time we end the death penalty or stop ex*****ons, we chip away at centuries of racial injustice." Read more in Common Dreams...

District Attorney Jeff Rosen "is taking an important step to confront racism in the criminal legal system," said Smart Justice California.

“The public’s participation in their own safety is the key in the reduction in violent crime,” said Zayid Muhammad of th...
28/03/2024

“The public’s participation in their own safety is the key in the reduction in violent crime,” said Zayid Muhammad of the New Jersey Violence Intervention and Prevention Coalition, Newark strategist for Equal Justice USA...

Some mental health experts and advocates are concerned that people may be confused about whom to call during an emergency.

Equal Justice USA's leader Jamila Hodge discusses new partnerships with pro athletes and transforming the criminal legal...
27/03/2024

Equal Justice USA's leader Jamila Hodge discusses new partnerships with pro athletes and transforming the criminal legal system...

Jamila Hodge, executive director of Equal Justice USA, a national non-profit organization dedicated to social justice advocacy, spoke with BLK News Now! abou...

“Our main goal is [to] move people to think about what we can do in response to violence or harm, instead of furthering ...
19/03/2024

“Our main goal is [to] move people to think about what we can do in response to violence or harm, instead of furthering and continuing that cycle of violence,” said Sam Heath, manager of the EJUSA Evangelical Network. Read more in Baptist News Global...

Christians opposed to the death penalty but unsure how to effectively challenge it can begin by educating themselves about the practice, civil rights activist Joia Erin Thornton said during a webinar hosted by Equal Justice USA. As founder and executive director of the Faith Leaders of Color Coaliti...

“When you think about safety as green spaces for a child, having somebody to play basketball with, being able to walk yo...
13/03/2024

“When you think about safety as green spaces for a child, having somebody to play basketball with, being able to walk your neighborhood and be known and people call you by your name, then our responses are different than when we think of public safety as just this sort of punishment-focused policing,” said Jamila Hodge, CEO of Equal Justice USA. Read more in the Austin Monitor...

Criminal justice leaders at the state and federal levels see benefits in changing the idea of public safety in the U.S. to promote community intervention and public health approaches to problems like gun violence as well as most nonviolent crimes.…

"...that this passed unanimously in a super-majority Republican legislature makes it clear that the old taboos surroundi...
11/03/2024

"...that this passed unanimously in a super-majority Republican legislature makes it clear that the old taboos surrounding real reform of the death penalty have begun to dissipate,” said Brett Farley of Oklahoma Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty. Read more in The Black Wall Street Times...

A Republican-backed bill that would pause ex*****ons in Oklahoma faces an uncertain future ahead of a deadline for a House floor vote.

“The role of the community-based organizations … is to provide an alternative solution outside of traditional policing,”...
07/03/2024

“The role of the community-based organizations … is to provide an alternative solution outside of traditional policing,” said Will Simpson of Equal Justice USA and the New Jersey Violence Intervention and Prevention Coalition. Find out more in this story from NJ Spotlight News...

Seabrooks’ death sparked an outcry for police accountability and reform — and debate about how to handle mental health emergencies.

Will Simpson of Equal Justice USA on the effectiveness of community-based public safety programs that do not rely on pol...
02/03/2024

Will Simpson of Equal Justice USA on the effectiveness of community-based public safety programs that do not rely on policing, "Our communities can step in and fill that gap that we know wasn't there before." WATCH the story from NJ Spotlight News...

The role of community-based public safety is taking on greater importance throughout a lot of communities in NJ, especially in the wake of deadly incidents involving the police. On Friday, a group known as the NJ Violence Intervention and Prevention Statewide Coalition, joined with leaders in Trento...

“Alabama went to extraordinary lengths to execute Kenny Smith, ultimately opting for a United Nations-condemned method. ...
29/01/2024

“Alabama went to extraordinary lengths to execute Kenny Smith, ultimately opting for a United Nations-condemned method. Imagine if the state put that kind of effort into creating real safety in Alabama communities. Imagine what kind of life could Alabama build for its residents if the state focused on preventing violence in the first place and helping communities heal when harm does occur.” - Sarah Craft, Equal Justice USA. Read more in Baptist News Global...

Alabama joined a lineup of the world’s most notorious human rights violators by being the first state to use nitrogen gas to execute a condemned prisoner who suffered intense pain before dying. “The death penalty is a violation of human rights, and we condemn the cruel ex*****on of Kenneth Smith...

"As we begin a new year, and a new method of ex*****on, it is abundantly clear that a majority of Americans have grown t...
23/01/2024

"As we begin a new year, and a new method of ex*****on, it is abundantly clear that a majority of Americans have grown to doubt the efficacy of the death penalty. For the first time, the number of ex*****ons exceeded the number of new death sentences nationwide." - Matthew Mangino, Attorney, former District Attorney, weekly columnist for Creators Syndicate. Read more...

On Jan. 25, Alabama intends to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith by a method known as nitrogen hypoxia.

"As a state that proclaims its commitment to life, we must not proceed with this untested and experimental form of ex***...
20/01/2024

"As a state that proclaims its commitment to life, we must not proceed with this untested and experimental form of ex*****on,” said Rev. Cynthia Carter of All Saints Episcopal Church in Homewood. Find out more from Alabama Public Radio...

On Monday, January 22, a delegation of Alabama faith leaders and community members will gather at the state capitol building to urge Governor Kay Ivey to pause the first-ever nitrogen hypoxia ex*****on. Kenneth Smith is set to be executed by this new and experimental method on January 25.

“The government’s decision to pursue a death sentence will do nothing to address the racism and hatred that fueled the m...
12/01/2024

“The government’s decision to pursue a death sentence will do nothing to address the racism and hatred that fueled the mass murder,” said Jamila Hodge, chief executive of Equal Justice USA/ Read more in The Washington Post...

Federal authorities gave notice in a court filing ahead of a status conference hearing for Payton Gendron, who has pleaded guilty to state charges after a racist rampage in Buffalo in 2022.

"The government's decision to pursue a death sentence will do nothing to address the racism and hatred that fueled the m...
12/01/2024

"The government's decision to pursue a death sentence will do nothing to address the racism and hatred that fueled the mass murder," said Equal Justice USA CEO Jamila Hodge. Read more from UPI News Agency...

The U.S. Justice Department confirmed Friday it will pursue the death penalty on federal charges against the man who shot and killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket in 2022.

"Death Row survivors and the issue of innocence have been pivotal in every state that has abolished the death penalty in...
15/12/2023

"Death Row survivors and the issue of innocence have been pivotal in every state that has abolished the death penalty in the past 20 years. These stories are changing how people think about and reflect on the death penalty," said Sam Heath, leader of the EJUSA Evangelical Network. Read more in Baptist News Global...

Death row exonerees represent some of the most powerful arguments against capital punishment, especially for legislators and others who have no idea how the U.S. death penalty system works, Death Row survivor Herman Lindsey said. “You’re able to reach people because they are sympathetic with you...

"How do we build up solutions outside of the system on a different foundation that does support healing, reconciliation,...
28/11/2023

"How do we build up solutions outside of the system on a different foundation that does support healing, reconciliation, and dare I say love?" asked Jamila Hodge, CEO of Equal Justice USA on Sirius XM radio's JustLove show. Go to 3:48 on the recording to hear more...

JustLove A Conversation on Restorative Justice and World Food Day October 14, 2023 / This week on Just Love Monsignor Kevin Sullivan is joined by Jamilla Hodge J.D., CEO of Equal Justice USA. Together, they have a conversation about the importance of the concept of restorative justice in transformin...

Now part of Equal Justice USA, the only national technical assistance and training project that engages with communities...
19/11/2023

Now part of Equal Justice USA, the only national technical assistance and training project that engages with communities to address the harm caused by the criminal legal system using restorative justice diversion programs. Read more in the Davis Vanguard...

By Rena Abdusalam BROOKLYN, NY - Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), a national organization that works to improve the justice system, has announced that Impact

"We have 4% of the world’s population, but 20% of the world’s incarcerated population. If incarceration is supposed to m...
09/11/2023

"We have 4% of the world’s population, but 20% of the world’s incarcerated population. If incarceration is supposed to make us safe, we should be the safest place on earth, and that is just not the case,” said Jamila Hodge the leader of Equal Justice USA. Read more in Baptist News Global...

Racial disparities continue to plague Black Americans in part because of the persistent perception that they are, by nature, threats to law and order, said Jamila Hodge, CEO of Equal Justice USA. “We have won many legal battles — the abolition of slavery, Civil Rights and ending Jim Crow — but...

A new report sheds light on the history of racism in Tennessee’s death penalty. Read more in The Tennessean...
02/11/2023

A new report sheds light on the history of racism in Tennessee’s death penalty. Read more in The Tennessean...

Executing the innocent, cost and competence should make all look at alternatives

“Forty Republican lawmakers asked the state to take a second look. That’s unheard of, and I believe it’s because we prid...
01/11/2023

“Forty Republican lawmakers asked the state to take a second look. That’s unheard of, and I believe it’s because we pride ourselves as Americans on due process.” - Brett Farley, Oklahoma Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty. Watch PBS NewsHour for more...

Oklahoma and Texas accounted for more than half of all ex*****ons in the U.S. last year. These Republicans say the death penalty cases need to be reexamined

“Government is so frequently inept, it truly does boggle my mind why anyone thinks that the death penalty can be adminis...
31/10/2023

“Government is so frequently inept, it truly does boggle my mind why anyone thinks that the death penalty can be administered properly,” said Demetrius Minor, national manager of Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty. Read more in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star...

Legislation to repeal Pennsylvania's death penalty passed out of a state House committee in what the bill's sponsor called a historic vote.

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