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  • SCHR Financial Reports
  • Justice Taking Root: A Benefit Reception for the Southern Center for Human Rights
  • NACDL and the Southern Center for Human Rights To Partner in Capital Defense Training, Technical Support
    01/30/2012
  • The Quality Of A Legal Defense: Does It Matter If You're Rich Or Poor?
    KPBS Public Broadcasting
    01/16/2012
  • Judge allows thousands to join child support lawsuit
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Bill Rankin
    01/03/2012
  • Take a Step for Justice... with a Contribution to SCHR
    12/22/2011
  • State agrees to bolster public defender system
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Bill Rankin
    12/16/2011
  • SCHR Settles Indigent Defense Class Action Lawsuit Against State of Georgia
    12/16/2011
  • Indigent attorney system goes on trial
    Fulton County Daily Report
    Kathleen Joyner
    12/08/2011
  • In Honor and Remembrance of Martina Davis Correia
    Sara J. Totonchi
    12/01/2011
  • Rocrast Mack's Murder At Alabama Prison Followed Trail Of Violence By Guards
    Huffington Post
    11/23/2011
  • SCHR identified by experts as a top nonprofit working in criminal justice in the U.S.
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    11/02/2011
  • SCHR Report Details Georgia Criminal Justice Reform Priorities
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    10/21/2011
  • Atlanta Police Department Grabs More Cameras of Citizen-Monitors, and Earns Another Lawsuit
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    10/06/2011
  • Corrections Officials Sign-On for Troy Davis
    09/21/2011
  • Georgia Senator Joins SCHR to Urge Execution Staff to Strike & Refuse to Kill Troy Davis
    09/20/2011
  • Unable to pay child support, poor parents land behind bars
    MSNBC
    Mike Brunker
    09/12/2011
  • Life for Jamie Ryan Weis
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Bill Rankin
    07/14/2011
  • 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
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    04/21/2011
  • 'Debtors prison' challenged
    Fulton County Daily Report
    Greg Land
    03/23/2011
  • 'Debtors prison' challenged
    Fulton County Daily Report
    Greg Land
    03/23/2011
  • Parents sue Ga. over child support jail time
    Associated Press
    Greg Bluestein
    03/23/2011
  • Lawsuit: State should provide lawyers for delinquent child support payers
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Rhonda Cook
    03/22/2011
  • Local man, along with others, files suit against state in child support case
    Rome News-Tribune
    Lydia Senn
    03/22/2011
  • Parents Sue Over Child Support Jail Time
    Georgia Public Broadcasting
    Edgar Treiguts
    03/22/2011
  • Judge allows Hammond execution to go forward despite shady origin of lethal injection drugs
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    01/24/2011
  • Injunction Filed to Halt Execution of Emanuel Hammond on January 25th
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    01/20/2011
  • Law Center questions ‘debtors’ prison’
    Rome News-Tribune
    Diane Wagner
    01/03/2011
  • Alabama ranks third nationally in executions
    Birmingham News
    Eric Velasco
    01/02/2011
  • State Division of Child Support Services Sends Indigent Iraq War Veteran to Debtor’s Prison
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    12/15/2010
  • Settlement in Atlanta Eagle Case Forces Atlanta Police Department to Reform Unconstitutional Practices
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    12/08/2010
  • SCHR Wins Reversal of Death Sentence for Alabama Death Row Prisoner LaSamuel Gamble
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    10/18/2010
  • Greater Role for US Department of Justice in Insuring Right to Counsel Advocated
    American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Blog
    Stephen B. Bright and Lauren Sudeall Lucas
    10/12/2010
  • SCHR Executive Director Sara Totonchi named one of Georgia's "Top 40 Under 40"
    10/01/2010
  • Overcoming Defiance of the Constitution: The Need for a Federal Role in Protecting the Right to Counsel in Georgia
    American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
    Stephen B. Bright and Lauren Sudeall Lucas
    09/29/2010
  • Georgia’s Indefensible Indigent Defense System – A Defense in Name Only?
    American Constitution Society
    E. Wycliffe Orr, Sr.
    09/21/2010
  • Woman Who Had Consensual Sex as a Teenager No Longer Required to Register as a Sex Offender
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    09/17/2010
  • SAVE THE DATE for the 14th Annual Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner in Washington, DC.
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    09/15/2010
  • Whitaker Summary Judgment Filed Today
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    09/15/2010
  • To Juries, Discrimination; To Judges, Conversation
    New York Times
    Adam Liptak
    09/06/2010
  • Term 'Boy' [in Reference to Black Men] is Proof of Racial Animus
    Fulton County Daily Report, Atlanta, GA
    Stephen Bright
    08/25/2010
  • Behind the flurry of judges' resignations
    Fulton County Daily Report
    R. Robin McDonald
    08/19/2010
  • SCHR Attorney Lauren Sudeall Lucas Recognized as a Lawyer "On the Rise" by the Fulton County Daily Report
    08/16/2010
  • US Supreme Court declines review of Georgia's "Serious and Unprecedented Violence to the Right to Counsel"
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    07/23/2010
  • SCHR President and Senior Counsel Speaks to the Federal Role in Improving Representation for Poor People Accused of Crimes
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    07/23/2010
  • SCHR Launches The Damon Lee Project for Accountability and Transparency in the Criminal Justice System
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    07/22/2010
  • Former Chief Justice Fletcher: Right to Counsel is a Matter of Fulfilling Constitutional Requirements
    Rome News-Tribune
    Lydia Senn
    07/17/2010
  • SCHR Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Georgia Man Denied Right to Speedy Trial in Misdemeanor Case
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    07/13/2010
  • SCHR Settles Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Hundreds of Poor People without Lawyers
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    07/09/2010
  • Defendants Squeezed by Georgia’s Tight Budget
    New York Times
    Adam Liptak
    07/05/2010
  • Mental retardation ruling reversed:11th Circuit finds state law violates death penalty defendants' Eighth Amendment rights
    Daily Report
    R. Robin McDonald
    07/01/2010
  • TONIGHT: Civil Rights scholar Charles Ogletree headlines Justice Taking Root, a benefit for Southern Center for Human Rights
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    06/09/2010
  • SCHR Releases 2010 Human Rights Report
    06/01/2010
  • Georgia Murder Case Shines Spotlight on Nation's Indigent Defense Systems
    The National Law Journal
    Marcia Coyle
    05/24/2010
  • SCHR Files Brief in Alabama Supreme Court on Behalf of 13-Year-Old Tasering Victim
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    04/28/2010
  • ADL Awards SCHR Attorney Lauren Sudeall Lucas
    Southern Center For Human Rights
    03/25/2010
  • Summary Judgment Filed in Prison Violence Case:Litigation Seeks to Reduce Assaults and Trauma at Donaldson Correctional Facility
    Southern Center For Human Rights
    03/24/2010
  • Judge testifies in class-action suit from unrepresented indigent defendants
    Atlanta Journal Constitution
    Bill Rankin
    03/03/2010
  • PRESS ADVISORY: Hearing this Thursday for SCHR’s Northern Circuit Indigent Defense Lawsuit
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    03/01/2010
  • Judge Orders Georgia to Provide Lawyers for Inmates Seeking Appeals
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    02/23/2010
  • PRESS RELEASE: Hearing in Lawsuit on Behalf of Hundreds without Lawyers Seeking Appeals
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    02/04/2010
  • New Leadership at SCHR: Policy Director Sara Totonchi Named Executive Director
    01/15/2010
  • Indigent inmates sue over backlog; Potential class action says nearly 200 indigent defense council clients lack appeal lawyers
    Fulton County Daily Report
    Greg Land
    12/16/2009
  • Lawsuit Filed to Secure Lawyers for Poor People Seeking Appeals
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    12/15/2009
  • Ga. inmates say state fails to assign attorneys
    Associated Press
    Greg Bluestein
    12/15/2009
  • State Slapped With Lawsuit Over Indigent Defense
    Georgia Public Broadcasting
    Emily Green
    12/15/2009
  • 2009 SCHR Legislative Summary
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    12/15/2009
  • SCHR Responds to ADOC; Data Reveals Assaults on Corrections Officers at Donaldson Also Underreported
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    12/12/2009
  • State inmates waiting years for lawyers to file their appeals, suit says
    The Atlanta Journal Constitution
    Bill Rankin
    12/12/2009
  • Alabama Department of Corrections Significantly Underreports Assaults on Incarcerated Men
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    12/09/2009
  • Southern Center policy director named new chief
    Fulton County Daily Report
    Meredith Hobbs
    12/02/2009
  • Atlanta, police department sued over gay bar raid
    Associated Press
    Greg Bluestein
    11/24/2009
  • Critics say private probation punishes poor unfairly
    Augusta Chronicle
    Sandy Hodson
    11/15/2009
  • SCHR Argues that Denial of Counsel for Over Two Years in Death Penalty Case Prevents Fair Trial
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    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
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    10/02/2009
  • SCHR Files Amicus Brief in Georgia Supreme Court Challenge to For-Profit Probation Companies and $50 Public Defender Fee
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    09/24/2009
  • Justices Probe Right to Counsel; $50 fees paid by clients of public defenders, use of private probation also explored
    Fulton County Daily Report
    Greg Land
    09/23/2009
  • Stephen B. Bright Testifies on Need for Competent Counsel in US House of Representatives
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    09/20/2009
  • Justices to hear case of private probation firm
    Augusta Chronicle
    Sandy Hodson
    09/20/2009
  • Alabama Supreme Court Sides with People in Prison in Open Records Act Lawsuit
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    09/18/2009
  • Cases Pile Up in Georgia Courts: Budget Squeeze Forces Cuts in Spending for Judiciary, Creating Months-Long Delays
    Wall Street Journal
    Paulo Prado and Corey Dade
    09/08/2009
  • Dozens of poor defendants still without lawyers
    Associated Press
    Greg Bluestein
    09/03/2009
  • Federal Judge Eyes Way to Thin Jail Crowds
    Fulton County Daily Report
    Robin McDonald
    08/31/2009
  • 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
  • Death Penalty Disgrace
    New York Times Op-Ed
    Bob Barr
    05/31/2009
  • Alabama prison guards side with inmates in lawsuit
    Jay Reeves
    05/07/2009
  • GA Senator attempts to fix sex offender law: “I would expect the courts will make us pay dearly for this pious bit of posturing"
    Fulton County Daily Report
    R. Robin McDonald
    04/08/2009
  • Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Hundreds of Poor People Without Lawyers
    SCHR Press Release
    Media Contact: Sara Totonchi 404/688-1202 or stotonchi(at)schr.org; Gerry Weber 404/688-1202 or 404/932-5845 (cell)
    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
    SCHR Press Release
    Media Contact: Sarah Geraghty or Melanie Velez 404/688-12-2
    02/26/2009
  • State Retools Maligned Public Defender System
    Atlanta Journal Constitution
    Bill Rankin
    01/16/2009
  • Alabama Sheriff Locked in Own Jail For Feeding Inmates Skimpy Meals
    Associated Press
    Jay Reeves
    01/08/2009