Media Roundup
Melissa Lucio’s Execution Halted The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted the execution of…
READ MORE >Post-Session Wrap-Up: Final 2022 Legislative Update
The Georgia General Assembly adjourned sine die on Monday, April 4, ending the 2021-2022 legislative…
READ MORE >SCHR Executive Director Terrica Ganzy Reflects on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation to the US Supreme Court
My grandmother, Birdie Lee Walker, along with her sister Matilda Schoby and their cousin Ernest…
READ MORE >DOJ Seeks Transparency from the GA Dept. of Corrections
In September 2020, SCHR implored the United States Department of Justice to intervene as Georgia prisons descended…
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 >Action Alert: Stop SB 504!
SB 504, a bill that will make our communities less safe, will be voted on…
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 >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.
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