Bio
Tanya Greene’s work focuses on criminal justice issues, including the death penalty, indigent defense, solitary confinement and juvenile justice. Greene worked as a capital defense practitioner for almost 15 years prior to joining the ACLU. She began at the Southern Center for Human Rights, representing indigent capital clients in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Greene then worked as a Deputy Capital Defender at the New York Capital Defender Office where she represented capitally charged clients in the New York City area. The New York Capital Defender Office was instrumental in having the New York death penalty statute declared unconstitutional in 2004. Subsequently, Greene served as the Training and Assistance Counsel for the National Consortium for Capital Defense Training where she developed innovative training and consulted with capital defense practitioners on cases nationwide. Greene received her J.D. from Harvard Law School after graduating from Wesleyan University with a double major in Sociology and Afro-American Studies. Greene is an active member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Conference of Black Lawyers; she serves on the Board of Directors of the Gulf Region Advocacy Center, a death penalty non-profit in Houston, Texas.
Featured work
Jul 25, 2012
One Giant Step for Michigan: Indigent Defense Reform is Around the Corner
Jun 25, 2012
ACLU Lens: Supreme Court Rules Against Mandatory Life Without Parole for Children
Apr 25, 2012
CT Ends Death Penalty! One Big Step for a Small State; One Giant Step for our Society
Apr 22, 2012
25 Years After McCleskey, Looking Forward to Legislative Fixes of Supreme Court Error
Mar 5, 2012
ACLU to United Nations: Solitary Confinement Violates Human Rights
Feb 23, 2012
Tightening Belts Means Loosening Restraints: Illinois to Close Supermax Prison
Feb 7, 2012
If a Lawyer Stole $5 From a Client...
Jan 10, 2012
Virginia is for Lovers...of Solitary Confinement?