Justice Taking Root: A Benefit Reception for the Southern Center for Human Rights
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SCHR Financial Reports
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JUSTICE TAKING ROOT ATLANTA - May 7, 2013
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Fifty Years of Defiance and Resistance After Gideon v. Wainwright
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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03/11/2013
Our Fearless Leader, Steve Bright
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Sara Totonchi, SCHR Executive Director
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07/18/2012
ACS Event: Right to Counsel in Civil Cases
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05/01/2013
Southern Center for Human Rights Welcomes Georgia Supreme Court’s Reaffirmation of the Promise of Gideon
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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04/15/2013
Southern Center for Human Rights Sues Georgia Department of Corrections for Violations of the Open Records Act
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04/04/2013
SCHR to Honor Justice Harold Clarke with Lifetime Achievement Award
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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03/27/2013
Fifty Years of Defiance and Resistance After Gideon v. Wainwright
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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03/11/2013
SCHR Reacts to Court’s Decision to Strike Down Law that Requires Drug-Testing of TANF Recipients
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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02/26/2013
Judge: Courts should be open
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Fulton County Daily Report
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R. Robin McDonald
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02/22/2013
Judge: Keep courtroom doors open
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Bill Rankin
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02/22/2013
Court Finds Public Access to Courtrooms “not trivial as Judges would have it appear ”
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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02/21/2013
SCHR's Letter to GDC Commissioner Regarding Crisis in Security at Hays State Prison and other facilities
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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01/31/2013
$1M gift funds Southern Center for Human Rights fellowships
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Fulton County Daily Report
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Meredith Hobbs
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01/23/2013
2012 at SCHR: A Year in Pursuit of Justice – A note and report from Sara Totonchi
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Sara J. Totonchi
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12/17/2012
SCHR Report Warns Criminal Justice Reform Council About Privatization Perils
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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11/12/2012
Atlanta Business Chronicle names SCHR Director one of 40 under 40 of Atlanta’s rising business and community leaders
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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11/09/2012
Human Rights Advocate & Death Penalty Abolition Leader Stephen Bright Celebrated at 16th Annual Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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10/23/2012
SCHR Shines A Light on Georgia’s Parole Consideration Process
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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09/04/2012
Public's right to court access isn't absolute, Cordele judges say
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Fulton County Daily Report
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R. Robin McDonald
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08/03/2012
Our Fearless Leader, Steve Bright
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Sara Totonchi, SCHR Executive Director
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07/18/2012
Celebrating Steve Bright’s First 30 Years at SCHR
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George Kendall
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07/18/2012
Public shut out of Georgia courts
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Fulton County Daily Report
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R. Robin McDonald
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07/03/2012
Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation
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The New York Times
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Ethan Bronner
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07/02/2012
At issue: Closed courts or limited seating?
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Fulton County Daily Report
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R. Robin McDonald
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06/28/2012
ACCESS DENIED: Lawsuit Filed Against Georgia Judges and Sheriffs Who Illegally Close Courtrooms to the Public
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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06/21/2012
Southern Center for Human Rights to Recognize Champions of Justice and Fairness with Inaugural Lifetime Achievement & Gideon’s Promise Awards
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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04/25/2012
ACTION ALERT: Juvenile Code Rewrite - Contact Governor NOW!
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03/26/2012
The Right to Counsel: Badly Battered at 50
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New York Times
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Lincoln Caplan
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03/09/2012
GREAT NEWS! Georgia House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Passes Legislation in Support of Public Defenders!
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03/05/2012
ACTION ALERT: Ask Your Georgia House Member to Support Public Defenders by endorsing HR 977 and HB 648!
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03/01/2012
Action Alert: Preserve Lawyers for Children!
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02/22/2012
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Filed Against Georgia Department of Corrections Officers for Alleged Beating of Handcuffed Prisoners at Hays State Prison
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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02/17/2012
NACDL and the Southern Center for Human Rights To Partner in Capital Defense Training, Technical Support
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01/30/2012
The Quality Of A Legal Defense: Does It Matter If You're Rich Or Poor?
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KPBS Public Broadcasting
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01/16/2012
Judge allows thousands to join child support lawsuit
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Bill Rankin
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01/03/2012
Take a Step for Justice... with a Contribution to SCHR
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12/22/2011
SCHR Settles Indigent Defense Class Action Lawsuit Against State of Georgia
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12/16/2011
State agrees to bolster public defender system
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Bill Rankin
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12/16/2011
Indigent attorney system goes on trial
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Fulton County Daily Report
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Kathleen Joyner
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12/08/2011
In Honor and Remembrance of Martina Davis Correia
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Sara J. Totonchi
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12/01/2011
Rocrast Mack's Murder At Alabama Prison Followed Trail Of Violence By Guards
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Huffington Post
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11/23/2011
SCHR identified by experts as a top nonprofit working in criminal justice in the U.S.
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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11/02/2011
SCHR Report Details Georgia Criminal Justice Reform Priorities
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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10/21/2011
Atlanta Police Department Grabs More Cameras of Citizen-Monitors, and Earns Another Lawsuit
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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10/06/2011
Corrections Officials Sign-On for Troy Davis
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09/21/2011
Georgia Senator Joins SCHR to Urge Execution Staff to Strike & Refuse to Kill Troy Davis
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09/20/2011
Unable to pay child support, poor parents land behind bars
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MSNBC
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Mike Brunker
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09/12/2011
Life for Jamie Ryan Weis
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Bill Rankin
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07/14/2011
Lawsuit Filed Against Georgia Department of Corrections Officers for Beatings of Handcuffed Prisoners at Hays State Prison
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07/12/2011
Southern Center for Human Rights Files Complaint Seeking Revocation of Dr. Carlo Musso’s Medical License
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06/20/2011
Amicus Brief filed in lawsuit challenging Georgia’s “show me your papers” law
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06/17/2011
Agreement Settles Lawsuit Challenging Overcrowded and Dangerous Conditions at Donaldson Correctional Facility
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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04/21/2011
'Debtors prison' challenged
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Fulton County Daily Report
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Greg Land
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03/23/2011
'Debtors prison' challenged
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Fulton County Daily Report
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Greg Land
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03/23/2011
Parents sue Ga. over child support jail time
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Associated Press
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Greg Bluestein
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03/23/2011
Lawsuit: State should provide lawyers for delinquent child support payers
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Rhonda Cook
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03/22/2011
Local man, along with others, files suit against state in child support case
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Rome News-Tribune
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Lydia Senn
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03/22/2011
Parents Sue Over Child Support Jail Time
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Georgia Public Broadcasting
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Edgar Treiguts
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03/22/2011
Judge allows Hammond execution to go forward despite shady origin of lethal injection drugs
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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01/24/2011
Injunction Filed to Halt Execution of Emanuel Hammond on January 25th
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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01/20/2011
Law Center questions ‘debtors’ prison’
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Rome News-Tribune
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Diane Wagner
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01/03/2011
Alabama ranks third nationally in executions
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Birmingham News
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Eric Velasco
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01/02/2011
State Division of Child Support Services Sends Indigent Iraq War Veteran to Debtor’s Prison
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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12/15/2010
Settlement in Atlanta Eagle Case Forces Atlanta Police Department to Reform Unconstitutional Practices
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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12/08/2010
SCHR Wins Reversal of Death Sentence for Alabama Death Row Prisoner LaSamuel Gamble
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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10/18/2010
Greater Role for US Department of Justice in Insuring Right to Counsel Advocated
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American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Blog
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Stephen B. Bright and Lauren Sudeall Lucas
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10/12/2010
SCHR Executive Director Sara Totonchi named one of Georgia's "Top 40 Under 40"
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10/01/2010
Overcoming Defiance of the Constitution: The Need for a Federal Role in Protecting the Right to Counsel in Georgia
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American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
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Stephen B. Bright and Lauren Sudeall Lucas
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09/29/2010
Georgia’s Indefensible Indigent Defense System – A Defense in Name Only?
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American Constitution Society
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E. Wycliffe Orr, Sr.
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09/21/2010
Woman Who Had Consensual Sex as a Teenager No Longer Required to Register as a Sex Offender
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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09/17/2010
Whitaker Summary Judgment Filed Today
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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09/15/2010
SAVE THE DATE for the 14th Annual Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner in Washington, DC.
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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09/15/2010
To Juries, Discrimination; To Judges, Conversation
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New York Times
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Adam Liptak
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09/06/2010
Term 'Boy' [in Reference to Black Men] is Proof of Racial Animus
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Fulton County Daily Report, Atlanta, GA
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Stephen Bright
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08/25/2010
Behind the flurry of judges' resignations
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Fulton County Daily Report
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R. Robin McDonald
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08/19/2010
SCHR Attorney Lauren Sudeall Lucas Recognized as a Lawyer "On the Rise" by the Fulton County Daily Report
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08/16/2010
US Supreme Court declines review of Georgia's "Serious and Unprecedented Violence to the Right to Counsel"
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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07/23/2010
SCHR President and Senior Counsel Speaks to the Federal Role in Improving Representation for Poor People Accused of Crimes
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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07/23/2010
SCHR Launches The Damon Lee Project for Accountability and Transparency in the Criminal Justice System
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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07/22/2010
Former Chief Justice Fletcher: Right to Counsel is a Matter of Fulfilling Constitutional Requirements
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Rome News-Tribune
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Lydia Senn
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07/17/2010
SCHR Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Georgia Man Denied Right to Speedy Trial in Misdemeanor Case
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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07/13/2010
SCHR Settles Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Hundreds of Poor People without Lawyers
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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07/09/2010
Defendants Squeezed by Georgia’s Tight Budget
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New York Times
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Adam Liptak
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07/05/2010
Mental retardation ruling reversed:11th Circuit finds state law violates death penalty defendants' Eighth Amendment rights
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Daily Report
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R. Robin McDonald
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07/01/2010
TONIGHT: Civil Rights scholar Charles Ogletree headlines Justice Taking Root, a benefit for Southern Center for Human Rights
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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06/09/2010
SCHR Releases 2010 Human Rights Report
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06/01/2010
Georgia Murder Case Shines Spotlight on Nation's Indigent Defense Systems
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The National Law Journal
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Marcia Coyle
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05/24/2010
SCHR Files Brief in Alabama Supreme Court on Behalf of 13-Year-Old Tasering Victim
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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04/28/2010
ADL Awards SCHR Attorney Lauren Sudeall Lucas
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Southern Center For Human Rights
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03/25/2010
Summary Judgment Filed in Prison Violence Case:Litigation Seeks to Reduce Assaults and Trauma at Donaldson Correctional Facility
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Southern Center For Human Rights
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03/24/2010
Judge testifies in class-action suit from unrepresented indigent defendants
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Bill Rankin
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03/03/2010
PRESS ADVISORY: Hearing this Thursday for SCHR’s Northern Circuit Indigent Defense Lawsuit
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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03/01/2010
Judge Orders Georgia to Provide Lawyers for Inmates Seeking Appeals
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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02/23/2010
PRESS RELEASE: Hearing in Lawsuit on Behalf of Hundreds without Lawyers Seeking Appeals
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Southern Center for Human Rights
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02/04/2010
New Leadership at SCHR: Policy Director Sara Totonchi Named Executive Director
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01/15/2010
Indigent inmates sue over backlog; Potential class action says nearly 200 indigent defense council clients lack appeal lawyers
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Fulton County Daily Report
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Greg Land
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12/16/2009