Month: March 2019
Court-Watching on March 6, 2019, at the Atlanta Municipal Court
At the Southern Center for Human Rights, we’ve used court-watching as a tool for a…
READ MORE >Every Defendant Deserves a Trial Free of Race Discrimination
In September of 2017, Keith “Bo” Tharpe came within hours of execution; the Supreme Court…
READ MORE >We Think These Stories Are Important
In 2006, the United States recorded a record high number of newly filed, reopened, or…
READ MORE >Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenges the Illegal Mass Arrest of 60+ Partygoers for Less Than an Ounce of Marijuana in Cartersville, Georgia
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights and the Merchant Law Firm, PC are filing…
READ MORE >When a Lawyer’s Conflict Can Be Fatal
“A deeply troubling truth about the death penalty is that it is often handed down…
READ MORE >It’s Time to End Illegal “Pay-or-Jail” Sentences at the Atlanta Municipal Court
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights sent a letter to Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance…
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