The Tennessee Justice Project

The Tennessee Justice Project works to increase fairness and reliability in the Tennessee indigent criminal justice system, with a particular focus on the administration of the death penalty. In pursuit of this mission, The Tennessee Justice Project educates the public, media, and policymakers in Tennessee about the problems facing the state's criminal justice system and seeks necessary reforms.

New Report: TN Indigent Defense Attorneys Receive Less than Half the Dollars Allocated to the Prosecution

A new report on prosecution and indigent defense funding in Tennessee has uncovered disturbing evidence of a significant and unfair imbalance of financial and other resources between the prosecution and indigent defense functions. The report is the first comprehensive analysis of indigent defense and prosecution resources in the state, and indicates that Tennessee's indigent defense system is in dire need of reform. The Spangenberg Group, one of the nation’s leading experts on state criminal justice systems, authored the new study, which was commissioned by The Tennessee Justice Project.
June 27, 2007

Adequate Counsel in Tennessee

Through communications, research and policy initiatives, The Justice Project's Tennessee Campaign is working to ensure that the state of Tennessee provides adequate counsel to indigent capital defendants, as well as advancing other critical criminal justice reform proposals that will help to prevent wrongful convictions and executions. Read an op-ed by Bill Redick, Director of The Tennessee Justice Project, on the need for adequate counsel in the state.

Latest News

TTJP in the News: Uneven playing field creates injustice for indigent in Tennessee
July 1, 2007 -- Bill Redick and Bradley MacLean of had a recent op-ed published in The Tennessean about a new report documenting the imbalance of resources between the prosecution and indigent defense functions in Tennessee. Read Bill and Brad's op-ed.

TN: Death Penalty Study Bill Passed
June 22, 2007 -- Thanks to the efforts of The Tennessee Justice Project and allies, the Tennessee Legislature recently passed a bill creating a special committee for the study of the state's death penalty system. Find out more about the commission's goals and why specific reforms are needed in Tennessee.

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The Tennessee Justice Project
810 Broadway, Suite 402
Nashville, TN 37203
p: (615) 255-7372
geldridge@tnjusticeproject.org