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NACDL and the Southern Center for Human Rights To Partner in Capital Defense Training, Technical Support 01/30/2012
SCHR Settles Indigent Defense Class Action Lawsuit Against State of Georgia 12/16/2011
In Honor and Remembrance of Martina Davis Correia 12/01/2011
Rocrast Mack's Murder At Alabama Prison Followed Trail Of Violence By Guards 11/23/2011
SCHR identified by experts as a top nonprofit working in criminal justice in the U.S. 11/02/2011
SCHR Report Details Georgia Criminal Justice Reform Priorities 10/21/2011
Atlanta Police Department Grabs More Cameras of Citizen-Monitors, and Earns Another Lawsuit 10/06/2011
Lawsuit Filed Against Georgia Department of Corrections Officers for Beatings of Handcuffed Prisoners at Hays State Prison 07/12/2011
Southern Center for Human Rights Files Complaint Seeking Revocation of Dr. Carlo Musso’s Medical License 06/20/2011
Amicus Brief filed in lawsuit challenging Georgia’s “show me your papers” law 06/17/2011
Agreement Settles Lawsuit Challenging Overcrowded and Dangerous Conditions at Donaldson Correctional Facility 04/21/2011
Judge allows Hammond execution to go forward despite shady origin of lethal injection drugs 01/24/2011
Injunction Filed to Halt Execution of Emanuel Hammond on January 25th 01/20/2011
State Division of Child Support Services Sends Indigent Iraq War Veteran to Debtor’s Prison 12/15/2010
Settlement in Atlanta Eagle Case Forces Atlanta Police Department to Reform Unconstitutional Practices 12/08/2010
Woman Who Had Consensual Sex as a Teenager No Longer Required to Register as a Sex Offender 09/17/2010
US Supreme Court declines review of Georgia's "Serious and Unprecedented Violence to the Right to Counsel" 07/23/2010
SCHR Launches The Damon Lee Project for Accountability and Transparency in the Criminal Justice System 07/22/2010
SCHR Settles Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Hundreds of Poor People without Lawyers 07/09/2010
TONIGHT: Civil Rights scholar Charles Ogletree headlines Justice Taking Root, a benefit for Southern Center for Human Rights 06/09/2010
SCHR Releases 2010 Human Rights Report 06/01/2010
SCHR Files Brief in Alabama Supreme Court on Behalf of 13-Year-Old Tasering Victim 04/28/2010
ADL Awards SCHR Attorney Lauren Sudeall Lucas 03/25/2010
PRESS ADVISORY: Hearing this Thursday for SCHR’s Northern Circuit Indigent Defense Lawsuit 03/01/2010
Judge Orders Georgia to Provide Lawyers for Inmates Seeking Appeals 02/23/2010
PRESS RELEASE: Hearing in Lawsuit on Behalf of Hundreds without Lawyers Seeking Appeals 02/04/2010
New Leadership at SCHR: Policy Director Sara Totonchi Named Executive Director 01/15/2010
2009 SCHR Legislative Summary 12/15/2009
Lawsuit Filed to Secure Lawyers for Poor People Seeking Appeals 12/15/2009
SCHR Responds to ADOC; Data Reveals Assaults on Corrections Officers at Donaldson Also Underreported 12/12/2009
Alabama Department of Corrections Significantly Underreports Assaults on Incarcerated Men 12/09/2009
SCHR Argues that Denial of Counsel for Over Two Years in Death Penalty Case Prevents Fair Trial 11/10/2009
SCHR Releases 5th Edition of Georgia Advocacy Handbook: A Guide to Helping Loved Ones in Georgia Prisons 11/09/2009
SCHR Files Five Briefs Asking Court to Strike Down Georgia Sex Offender Law as Unconstitutional 10/02/2009
SCHR Files Amicus Brief in Georgia Supreme Court Challenge to For-Profit Probation Companies and $50 Public Defender Fee 09/24/2009
Stephen B. Bright Testifies on Need for Competent Counsel in US House of Representatives 09/20/2009
Alabama Supreme Court Sides with People in Prison in Open Records Act Lawsuit 09/18/2009
ADVOCATES ISSUE STATEMENT CONDEMNING OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S EXPANSION OF DHS’S FAILED 287(g) PROGRAM 07/17/2009
South Georgia Man Released from Year-Long Incarceration; Jailed For Being Too Poor To Support A Child That Is Not His 07/15/2009
Report Supports Atlanta Citizens’ Right to Review Police Department Activities 06/29/2009
SCHR's Human Rights Report 2009 06/15/2009
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Hundreds of Poor People Without Lawyers 04/07/2009
Correctional Officers Join SCHR Request to Investigate Donaldson Correctional Facility 04/03/2009
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Injured Prisoners to Prevent Future Violence 02/26/2009
Parole Handbook 01/01/2009
Life Sentence for Brian Nichols 12/12/2008
Consensual Sex as a Teenager leads to Thanksgiving Day Eviction 11/21/2008
SCHR Sheds Light on Corrupt Private Probation Companies with New Report 10/17/2008
Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Harm Public Safety 03/21/2007
Evictions from Nursing Homes Stopped Sheriffs Agree not to Force Elderly and Severely Disabled People onto the Streets 10/30/2006
Injunction Filed to Stop Evictions from Nursing Homes 10/12/2006
Temporary Restraining Order filed to stop Law Enforcement from Arresting Bulloch County Residents 08/14/2006
Temporary Restraining Order: Stop Agusta Area Sheriffs from Arresting People on the Sex Offender Registry 07/26/2006
Federal Court Order Protects Public From HB 1059's School Bus Stop Provision 07/25/2006
‘Bus Stop’ Brief filed in Lawsuit Challenging HB 1059: Georgia’s Sex Offender Law 07/17/2006
Judge Extends TRO to All People on Sex Offender Registry Who Live Near School Bus Stops 06/29/2006
Temporary Restraining Order in the Lawsuit Challenging HB 1059: Georgia’s Sex Offender Legistlation 06/26/2006
No More “Room and Board” Fees For Pre-Trial Detainees at the Clinch County Jail 04/17/2006
A pre- and post-Katrina Report on Indigent Defense in New Orleans 03/01/2006
Turning Celebrated Principles into Reality 01/15/2003