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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…
READ MORE >A Call to Action from Executive Director Sara Totonchi Before Super Bowl LIII
Next week, Atlanta will host the Super Bowl. This will be one of the largest…
READ MORE >Legislative Updates
Today is the fifth day of the 2019 Legislative session, and things are in full…
READ MORE >The 2019 Legislative Session has Begun
On Monday, the 2019 Legislative Session began with the swearing in of Governor Brian Kemp,…
READ MORE >Georgia Prisoners Reach Settlement to Reform One of the “Harshest and Most Draconian” Solitary Confinement Units in the Nation
The Southern Center for Human Rights and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, have reached a…
READ MORE >FIRST STEP ACT passes the Senate
The FIRST STEP Act (FSA) is a national, bipartisan piece of legislation that passed the…
READ MORE >Clemente Aguirre is the Nation’s 164th Death Row Exoneree
Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin, 38, walked out of a Florida detention facility on the afternoon of November…
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