Your Voice Needed: Tell Your Senator to Vote NO on HB 838
In a sneaky last-minute move, Senate Republicans are trying to circumvent the legislative process, by…
READ MORE >Your Voice Needed: Protect the Constitutional Right to Counsel
Georgia’s Public Defender System is in crisis. The Georgia legislature has proposed budget cuts that,…
READ MORE >Your Voice Needed: Yes On SB 288!
Senate Bill 288, introduced by Sen. Tonya Anderson, allows for the restriction of certain misdemeanors convictions,…
READ MORE >What Does Defunding the Police Mean?
Police officers’ legal capacity to utilize violence as a tool sets them apart from other functions…
READ MORE >Georgia Legislative Session Resumes Monday, June 15th, 2020
On March 12, 2020, Georgia’s Legislative Leadership indefinitely suspended the 2019-2020 Legislative Session due to…
READ MORE >Rest In Power, Shauntrice Murry
We are deeply saddened to announce that our friend and client Shauntrice Murry passed away…
READ MORE >Birmingham District Attorney Asks Court to Give Toforest Johnson a New Trial
Today, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, led by District Attorney Danny Carr, filed an…
READ MORE >Public Defenders for Black Lives Rally – Atlanta
Media Advisory Contact: Hannah Riley; [email protected] (Atlanta, GA) — Please join Gideon’s Promise, the Southern…
READ MORE >From Cuffs to Care
One year ago, the Atlanta City Council voted to close the Atlanta City Detention Center…
READ MORE >We Take Injustice Personally
Each of us at SCHR has our own stories about why we choose this work, and we carry these stories with us in everything that we do. Our histories, our values, our lived experiences motivate us on the really hard days.
READ MORE >Black Lives Matter, Today and Always
The horrifying events of the last few weeks — lynchings of Black people, at the…
READ MORE >Media Roundup
There’s a lot in the news right now. Some highlighted stories, from the last week:…
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