The 3rd Annual Walk-A-Thon to raise awareness about Life Without Parole (LWOP) convened at the State Capitol on Tuesday, September 29th as part of a week of action uplifting hope, healing, and the cal...

This morning, a federal appeals court paused the execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee’s lone woman on death row about an hour before it was scheduled to be carried out.

Incarcerated women at the at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and the California Institution for Women in Chino are continuing to fight for justice against prison abuse. KQED/Snap...

The Role of Conjugal Visits, the private, extended periods spent between incarcerated person and their families, is essential in maintaining human dignity, preserving family ties, and supporting rehab...

Media advisory for the 3rd Annual Walk-A-Thon LWOP Walk for Life to raise awareness about Life Without Parole (LWOP) this upcoming Tuesday 9/29 at the State Capitol in Sacramento, CA

What if the millions Arizona spends on capital punishment went to solving cold cases instead? "Nearly 6,700 Arizona homicides remain unsolved. The victims’ families deserve better" appeared in the Ari...

Felony Murder Elimination Project invites you to join us at the California State Capitol in Sacramento on Tuesday, September 29th for the 3rd Annual LWOP Walk for Life Walkathon: Walk for Healing and ...

Xavier Becerra, the former Attorney General of California and current Democratic candidate to replace current Governor Gavin Newsom, says he would extend the moratorium Newsom enacted by executive ord...

The following article "A Nation Divided on Sentencing Reform" appeared on the Mass Incarceration and Other Bad Ideas Substack and is written by Keith Wallington, Senior Campaign Strategist at The Sent...

A Georgia judge has put an execution scheduled for today on hold, saying the condemned, Stacey Humphries, is entitled to a hearing on whether his sentence should be reduced under a new state law that ...

At Jeffery Lee’s capital trial in 2000, an Alabama jury voted 7-5 against the death penalty and chose a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. The trial judge overrode the jury, sentencing Lee ...

ICYMI - In the investigative report "How a Little-Known Tennessee Law Convicts Black Children for Murders They Didn't Commit," the non-profit newsroom MLK50 examines the role Tennessee's Felony Murder...

Free legal clinic tomorrow, Saturday September 12th, from 10am to 12n PT at Ross Snyder Recreation Center in LA.

A two-year federal investigation found "Unbroken Pattern’ of sexual abuse by California prison staff," and released a report detailing decades of staff sexual abuse against incarcerated women at the s...

With the Yale Investigative Reporting Lab, the Michigan Public story "Serving life for an unintended death: how felony murder locks up Black Michiganders" found Black people were convicted of felony m...

Californians await action from Governor Gavin Newsom on granting clemency in 565 death row inhabitants. The article ""Governor could grant clemency in 565 death penalty cases. Or not" appeared in Capi...

The suffering unfolding at CRC-Norco and in the transfer process is not a necessary part of closing prisons. The following opinion/editorial "Releases, Not Transfers, Must Be at the Center of Prison C...

Felony Murder Elimination Project is sharing an important information sheet about the Board of Parole Hearings' (BPH) Commutation & Recall of Sentence (C&R) Review process.

"California’s Death Penalty Could End Over Claims That It’s Racist" appeared August 22nd in the Washington Post. Data showed that Black people were up to 8.7 times, Latinos up to 6.2 times, more likel...

Felony Murder Elimination Project encourages supporters to take action today and tell Governor Newsom to Sign AB 2434, the Visitor Protections and Safety Act.

Rhonda Jewell, a 46-year-old, highly-regarded caregiver in her rural Florida community, had a tragic memory lapse that led to the death of a 10 month old. First acquitted of any "culpable negligence,"...

The following essay, "The Little Things I Enjoy in Solitary Confinement" is written by incarcerated writer Jonathon M.B., and appears at the Prison Journalism Project website.

A recent report "Understanding the Impact of Prop 36 on Los Angeles County" from Vera California indicates Proposition 36 implementation in Los Angeles County has led to increasing the jail population...

Michael Highfill has been wrongfully imprisoned in Texas since 2000, convicted of capital murder under the state's "Law of Parties" law, despite not being involved in the murder of the victim.

Felony Murder Elimination Project invites you to join us at the California State Capitol in Sacramento on Tuesday, September 29th for the 3rd Annual LWOP Walk for Life Walkathon: Walk for Healing and ...

In 1985, Charles McCrory, an innocent man who has spent more than 40 years in an Alabama prison was wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife, Julie Bonds, in Andalusia, Alabama, based on now-discre...

FMEP wishes to share an invite to the webinar, "Commonwealth v Lee: Pennsylvania's State Constitutional Challenge Against Mandatory Felony Murder LWOP" with our supporters, especially those in the fel...

join the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) and partners for a Bay Area premiere screening of the "Free Joan Little" documentary film with Yoruba Richen, the film's director.

Felony Murder Elimination Project is excited to share a recap of our 2026 National Convening to End Felony Murder in Chicago. It was incredibly meaningful to bring together so many people from across ...

FMEP is humbled and grateful for the support of the The Race, Gender and Human Rights Fund at East Bay Community Foundation as recipients of a $15,000 award to support work at the nexus of incarcerati...

FMEP extends heartfelt gratitude to the Vital Projects Fund as recipients of a $75,000 award for general operating support. Vital Projects Fund’s ongoing partnership with FMEP also funded the 2024 & 2...

Laws in 48 U.S. states ban people with felony convictions from voting, resulting in nearly four million Americans denied voting rights, a number representing 1.7% of the voting-age population.

FMEP asks supporters to take action today and urge the CA State Senate to Pass AB 1806: Investigate Fatal ICE and Border Patrol Shootings. The bill would require the CA Attorney General to conduct ind...

The following essay "Finding Sisterhood in a Cell" is written by incarcerated writer Kwaneta Harris, and appears on her Substack, Write or Die.

Joining the international human rights organization Amnesty International, 45 international organizations call on California Governor Gavin Newsom to commute all California death sentences before he l...

Of the 2 million people incarcerated in the US, 16 to 24 percent are diagnosed with a severe/persistent mental illness. A Prison Policy Initiative report "How Forced Hospitalization Expands the Crimin...

Felony Murder Elimination Project and the DROP LWOP coalition invites you to join us for the 3rd Annual LWOP Walk for Life Walk-a-Thon: Walk for Healing and Hope.

In the investigative report "How a Little-Known Tennessee Law Convicts Black Children for Murders They Didn't Commit," the non-profit newsroom MLK50 examines the role Tennessee's Felony Murder law pla...

In the report "Justice in Less Than a Minute" featured in The Appeal, attorneys state that Oklahoma County bail hearings fail to meet constitutional standards because they last less than a minute, ski...

Come celebrate the 20th anniversary of UnCommon Law with a film screening of the documentary Life & Life. This documentary tells the story of Reggie Austin, a former UnCommon Law client and a musician...

The following opinion piece "Governor Newsom Should Commute All California Death Row Sentences" appeared in the Sacramento Bee and is written by Michael Pappas, Executive Director of the San Francisco...

The Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law (BJCL), one of the nation's preeminent forums for discussing regional, national, and international criminal law issues, recently published "Confronting Climate Cha...

The following opinion-editorial "Felony Murder is at Odds with Conservative Values" appears on the Substack page of Conservatives Concerned, and written by Demetrius Minor, Executive of Conservatives ...

The family of Tennessee Death Row inmate Tony Carruthers filed a complaint against the doctor overseeing the execution due to problems inserting an IV, which led to the execution being called off and ...

On behalf of his mother Cheryl Joe, Felony Murder Elimination Project asks our supporters and advocates to take action and help us bring Dortell Williams home today!

Bolts Magazine published "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Solitary Reforms in California" addressing CDCR proposed new rules for Restricted Housing Units that threaten to reverse critical reforms...

An investigative report between the Marshall Project and NPR found that the federal prison grievance system is widely considered ineffective, with grant rates plunging from nearly 7% in 2000 to less t...

In renewing our call to California Governor Gavin Newsom to provide clemency to the 568 persons currently on California's death row, we wanted to share scenes from the June 30th Universal Clemency Ral...

Free legal clinic today, Saturday July 11th, from 10am to 12n PT at Ross Snyder Recreation Center in LA.