SCHR: News Archives

DEATH PENALTY NEWS

Innocent man found not guilty at trial, after 5 years on Alabama's death row

Center seeks to free innocent man with DNA evidence

Two African-Americans sentenced to death at racially charged trials receive life

Judge giving odds to encourage plea, improper exclusion of a juror, and representation by law clerk require reversals of death sentences

Center assists two men facing death in Botswana

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review case of death-sentenced man forced to represent himself despite Center's friend-of-the-court brief

Texas judges featured at Eleventh Circuit program on capital cases; Center asks that conference be canceled

PRISON AND JAILS NEWS

Women subject to violence and inhumane conditions in Alabama prisons

Inmates Stuck with Used Hypodermic Needles at Elmore Recycling Facility are Still Denied Medical Care

Alabama DOC Agrees to Sweeping Changes at Elmore Recycling Facility

Medieval conditions in space age environment: Center changes conditions in Alabama jail that houses prisoners in garages once used for a car dealership

Lawsuit filed to Stop Alabama From Leasing Prisoners to Out-of-State Private Company

Center wins right to present evidence before federal court can terminate order requiring correction of human rights violations in jails

U.S. Court of Appeals rehears appeal of men assaulted in Alabama jail

INDIGENT DEFENSE NEWS

Center obtains order requiring lawyers for poor people accused of crimes in Atlanta

Center obtains order requiring lawyers for poor people charged with crimes in south Georgia court

Coweta County Fails to Provide Counsel for Poor People; Lawsuit filed on Behalf of Current and Future Indigent Defendants

OTHER NEWS

Senator Leahy gives keynote at Center's annual dinner; Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld and Jim Dwyer honored

National Public Radio spotlights Center's work

The Center’s work featured in two books