• “These Fair Trial initiative fellowships give new lawyers the chance to see one of the most desperate needs for legal representation and to play a role in saving lives"
    –Stephen Bright
    Director, Southern Center
    for Human Rights
  • “Lawyers have their duties as citizens, but they also have special duties as lawyers. Their obligations go far deeper than earning a living as specialists in corporation or tax laws. They have a continuing responsibility to uphold the fundamental principles of justice from which the law cannot depart."
    —Robert F. Kennedy
  • “People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty ... I have yet to see a death case among the dozens coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was well represented at trial."
    –Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    U.S. Supreme Court Justice

    • OUR MISSION

    To ensure fairness for indigent defendants facing the death penalty and to help address systemic inequalities in the justice system's handling of capital cases.

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    THE FELLOWSHIP

    At the heart of our program is the two-year Osborn Fellowship. Fellows are placed with the defense team on cases where the risk of a death sentence is grave and the need to pour resources into the preparation of the case for trial is apparent.

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    LATEST NEWS

    Thank you to Tin Fulton Walker & Owen for hosting our successful fundraiser on May 27.
    If you weren't able to make it to our Charlotte Event, join us in Wilmington for the Annual NCBA meeting later this month. FTI will be hosting a cocktail party there on June 25, stop by our exhibition booth for more details.

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