Author: Southern Center for Human Rights
Georgia Fails to Adhere to Federal Standards for Granting Drivers Licenses to Puerto Ricans
Georgia DDS Retains Government Documents from Puerto Rico, Detains Applicants Presenting the Documents and Fails…
READ MORE >DOJ Files Statement of Interest in SCHR Case
In April, the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR), along with the Georgia Advocacy Office,…
READ MORE >Victorian Asylum or Modern Jail?
By Sara Totonchi, Executive Director When K.H. was arrested in Atlanta in November of 2018,…
READ MORE >Final Legislative Update
The Georgia General Assembly ended the 2019 legislative session a little after midnight on Tuesday,…
READ MORE >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…
READ MORE >An Ode to Black Women Capital Defense Attorneys
By Terrica Ganzy, SCHR Deputy Director Elaine Jones was counsel of record in Furman v….
READ MORE >The Bail Industry Tries, Again, To Overturn Bail Reform in Georgia
This past Monday, a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee heard HB 340, a…
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