The Southern Center for Human Rights

The Southern Center for Human Rights provides legal representation to people facing the death penalty, challenges human rights violations in prisons and jails, seeks through litigation and advocacy to improve legal representation for poor people accused of crimes, and advocates for criminal justice system reforms on behalf of those affected by the system in the Southern United States. The Center is a non-profit, public interest organization. It depends on generous donations from individuals to carry on its work. It receives no government funding.

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  • SAVE THE DATE: SCHR's 14th Annual Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner in Washington, DC.

    Please join us at the 14th Annual Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner, SCHR’s annual benefit gala, as we present the 2010 Frederick Douglass Human Rights Award to the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia ("PDSDC") on their 50th Anniversary. Previously known as the Legal Aid Society, PDSDC, has demonstrated what it means to champion the rights of the underserved.

  • Term 'Boy' [in Reference to Black Men] is Proof of Racial Animus
    Publication: 
    Fulton County Daily Report, Atlanta, GA
    Date of Publication: 
    08/25/2010
    Author: 
    Steve Bright

    The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ third ruling that a white supervisor calling black men "boy"—as in "Boy, you better get going" and "hey, boy"—is not evidence of racial animus was issued last week by Judges Edward E. Carnes and William H. Pryor Jr. in an unsigned, unpublished opinion. Carnes and Pryor are white men and alumni of the Alabama attorney general's office. Read more.

     

  • Making the Case for Life - Mitigation and Jury Selection in Capital Cases
    09/30/2010 - 9:00am
    10/02/2010 - 5:59pm

    Join the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and the Southern Center for Human Rights at the Charleston Marriott Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, September 30 – October 2, 2010, for the 13th Annual Making the Case for Life seminar.  The primary focus of the program is the investigation, development, and presentation of penalty phase mitigation evidence in capital cases.

  • SCHR Releases 2010 Human Rights Report

    The Southern Center for Human Rights is proud to release the 2010 Human Rights Report. This year's edition includes stories about our reinvigorated struggle to save Georgia's indigent defense system, our litigation to halt prison violence and trauma in Alabama, updates on the cases of our clients who are facing the death penalty, our victories in the Georgia General Assembly, and much more. 

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