The National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) announced today that they will partner in providing intensive training for capital defense teams in underserved jurisdictions.
Is the quality of legal representation different for someone who is poor and accused of a crime verses someone who can afford their own attorney? Stephen B. Bright of the Southern Center for Human Rights says the civil rights movement has had little effect on the justice system.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA-Today, a class-action challenge to the fairness of the state's indigent defense system that was brought on behalf of nearly 200 people convicted of offenses who were without counsel has reached a settlement.
The Southern Center for Human Rights is proud to announce that it has been identified by experts as a top nonprofit working in criminal justice in the United States by Philanthropedia.
