EJI is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Montgomery, Alabama, that provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons. EJI challenges the death penalty and excessive punishment and we provide re-entry assistance to formerly incarcerated people. EJI produces groundbreaking reports, an award-winning calendar, and short films that explore our nation’s history of racial injustice. In 2018, EJI opened the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice as part of a national effort to create new spaces, markers, and memorials that address the legacy of slavery, lynching, and racial segregation, which shapes many issues today.
https://www.eji.org
Meet the Speaker
Angie Setzer
Senior Attorney
Equal Justice Initiative
Equal Justice Initiative
About Angie Setzer
Angie Setzer is a Senior Attorney at the Equal Justice Initiative where she has been representing people on death row and children prosecuted as adults for over 20 years. She coordinates EJI’s capital cases, provides expertise and training to lawyers throughout the country handling death penalty cases, and is a leading researcher and writer for reports on criminal legal issues. She joined EJI after graduating from the University of Michigan Law School in 1999.
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About The Organization
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