Author: Hannah Riley
Media Roundup
Melissa Lucio’s Execution Halted The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted the execution of…
READ MORE >Press Release: Final Settlement Reached in South Fulton Jail Lawsuit
On April 4th, United States Northern District Judge William M. Ray, II approved the final…
READ MORE >Media Statement From JN, Resident of the South Fulton Jail
The below is attributable to JN, a plaintiff in Georgia Advocacy Office, et al. v….
READ MORE >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 >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 >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,…
READ MORE >ACTION ALERT: The Right to Protest is Under Attack in Georgia
Georgians have a proud history of getting in “good trouble” by exercising our rights to…
READ MORE >Legislative Update
The Georgia General Assembly met last week for Legislative Days 9-11, and will reconvene this…
READ MORE >Legislative Update from SCHR
The Georgia General Assembly convened for the 2022 legislative session on Monday, January 10. This…
READ MORE >Preliminary Settlement Reached to Halt Conditions of Solitary Confinement at South Fulton Jail
On January 18th, United States Northern District Judge William M. Ray, II preliminarily approved the settlement…
READ MORE >Lawsuit Challenges Inhuman Conditions of Confinement at Georgia State Prison
On September 10th, SCHR and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP filed a lawsuit in federal court…
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