Month: March 2022
SCHR’s Senior Counsel Confirmed to Federal Bench
Today, we could not be prouder to announce that our colleague and friend Sarah Elisabeth…
READ MORE >Ask House Judiciary Non-Civil Members to protect the right to protest and vote NO on SB 171.
Tell the members of the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee that this attack on fundamental constitutional rights is not welcome in Georgia.
READ MORE >Media Roundup: SCHR in the News
Settlement in Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Cartersville Police Over Wrongful Arrests “This type of guilt-by-association…
READ MORE >Legislative Update: Day 35
This week will take us through Legislative Day 35, as the Georgia General Assembly works…
READ MORE >Action Alert- Tell the House Public Safety Committee STOP SB 504
SB 504 would require judges to impose cash bail for every felony offense, even as those accused are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
READ MORE >Crossover Day Legislative Update
Today at 10 a.m., the Georgia General Assembly gaveled in for Crossover Day. To remain…
READ MORE >Crossover Day Action Alert: Protect the Right to Protest & Cashless Bail
We are so grateful to our supporters who have taken action to oppose Senate Bill…
READ MORE >Settlement Reached in Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging the Mass Arrest of 60+ Partygoers for Less Than an Ounce of Marijuana
Today, we’re happy to announce that a settlement has been reached in Williams v. City of…
READ MORE >Georgia Moves Closer to Establishing Fair Process for Determining Intellectual Disability in People Facing Death Penalty
In 1986, the state of Georgia executed a Black man with intellectual disability named Jerome…
READ MORE >Legislative Update
The Georgia General Assembly met last week for Legislative Days 21-24 and has reconvened this…
READ MORE >Action Alert: Protect the Right to Protest and Cashless Bail
We need your help to stop two dangerous and regressive bills that will be voted…
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights & Innocence Project File Motion to Reconsider Order Denying Relief to Charles McCrory
In 1985, Charles McCrory was wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife, Julie Bonds, in Andalusia,…
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