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  • Justice Taking Root: A Benefit Reception for the Southern Center for Human Rights
  • SCHR Financial Reports
  • JUSTICE TAKING ROOT ATLANTA - May 7, 2013
  • Fifty Years of Defiance and Resistance After Gideon v. Wainwright
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    03/11/2013
  • Our Fearless Leader, Steve Bright
    Sara Totonchi, SCHR Executive Director
    07/18/2012
  • ACS Event: Right to Counsel in Civil Cases
    05/01/2013
  • Southern Center for Human Rights Welcomes Georgia Supreme Court’s Reaffirmation of the Promise of Gideon
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    04/15/2013
  • Southern Center for Human Rights Sues Georgia Department of Corrections for Violations of the Open Records Act
    04/04/2013
  • SCHR to Honor Justice Harold Clarke with Lifetime Achievement Award
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    03/27/2013
  • Fifty Years of Defiance and Resistance After Gideon v. Wainwright
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    03/11/2013
  • SCHR Reacts to Court’s Decision to Strike Down Law that Requires Drug-Testing of TANF Recipients
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    02/26/2013
  • Judge: Courts should be open
    Fulton County Daily Report
    R. Robin McDonald
    02/22/2013
  • Judge: Keep courtroom doors open
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Bill Rankin
    02/22/2013
  • Court Finds Public Access to Courtrooms “not trivial as Judges would have it appear ”
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    02/21/2013
  • SCHR's Letter to GDC Commissioner Regarding Crisis in Security at Hays State Prison and other facilities
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    01/31/2013
  • $1M gift funds Southern Center for Human Rights fellowships
    Fulton County Daily Report
    Meredith Hobbs
    01/23/2013
  • 2012 at SCHR: A Year in Pursuit of Justice – A note and report from Sara Totonchi
    Sara J. Totonchi
    12/17/2012
  • SCHR Report Warns Criminal Justice Reform Council About Privatization Perils
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    11/12/2012
  • Atlanta Business Chronicle names SCHR Director one of 40 under 40 of Atlanta’s rising business and community leaders
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    11/09/2012
  • Human Rights Advocate & Death Penalty Abolition Leader Stephen Bright Celebrated at 16th Annual Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    10/23/2012
  • SCHR Shines A Light on Georgia’s Parole Consideration Process
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    09/04/2012
  • Public's right to court access isn't absolute, Cordele judges say
    Fulton County Daily Report
    R. Robin McDonald
    08/03/2012
  • Our Fearless Leader, Steve Bright
    Sara Totonchi, SCHR Executive Director
    07/18/2012
  • Celebrating Steve Bright’s First 30 Years at SCHR
    George Kendall
    07/18/2012
  • Public shut out of Georgia courts
    Fulton County Daily Report
    R. Robin McDonald
    07/03/2012
  • Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation
    The New York Times
    Ethan Bronner
    07/02/2012
  • At issue: Closed courts or limited seating?
    Fulton County Daily Report
    R. Robin McDonald
    06/28/2012
  • ACCESS DENIED: Lawsuit Filed Against Georgia Judges and Sheriffs Who Illegally Close Courtrooms to the Public
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    06/21/2012
  • Southern Center for Human Rights to Recognize Champions of Justice and Fairness with Inaugural Lifetime Achievement & Gideon’s Promise Awards
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    04/25/2012
  • ACTION ALERT: Juvenile Code Rewrite - Contact Governor NOW!
    03/26/2012
  • The Right to Counsel: Badly Battered at 50
    New York Times
    Lincoln Caplan
    03/09/2012
  • GREAT NEWS! Georgia House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Passes Legislation in Support of Public Defenders!
    03/05/2012
  • ACTION ALERT: Ask Your Georgia House Member to Support Public Defenders by endorsing HR 977 and HB 648!
    03/01/2012
  • Action Alert: Preserve Lawyers for Children!
    02/22/2012
  • Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Filed Against Georgia Department of Corrections Officers for Alleged Beating of Handcuffed Prisoners at Hays State Prison
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    02/17/2012
  • 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
  • SCHR Settles Indigent Defense Class Action Lawsuit Against State of Georgia
    12/16/2011
  • State agrees to bolster public defender system
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Bill Rankin
    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
  • Whitaker Summary Judgment Filed Today
    Southern Center for Human Rights
    09/15/2010
  • SAVE THE DATE for the 14th Annual Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner in Washington, DC.
    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