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Olivia Ensign

Staff Attorney

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµCapital Punishment Project

Bio

Olivia Ensign is a staff attorney with the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµCapital Punishment Project. Olivia represents clients in capital cases at the direct appeal and post-conviction levels across the southern United States. Olivia graduated with High Honors from Swarthmore College with a B.A. in Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies, and from New York University School of Law where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern Public Interest Scholar and Institute for International Law and Justice Scholar.


Featured work

Nov 19, 2018

What a Portrait of General Robert E. Lee Means for One Man’s Capital Trial

What a Portrait of General Robert E. Lee Means for One Man’s Capital Trial

May 30, 2018

Racist Jury Selection at the Heart of a 1977 Murder Conviction

Racist Jury Selection at the Heart of a 1977 Murder Conviction

Mar 28, 2017

The Guantánamo Military Commissions Continue to Undermine Basic Principles of American Justice

The Guantánamo Military Commissions Continue to Undermine Basic Principles of American Justice