Category: Bail
SCHR Statement on Senate Bill 63
On the first day of Black History Month, the Georgia State Senate passed SB 63, which is an unconstitutional abridgment of the right to free speech, the presumption of innocence and the prohibition against unreasonable bail.
READ MORE >Georgia Senate Passes Regressive Bill Targeting Cash Bail and Community Support
On February 1, 2024, the Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 63. This bill, sponsored by Senator Randy Robertson, raises numerous concerns at the Southern Center and among our organizational partners for its potential to negatively impact criminal legal reform efforts throughout Georgia, specifically within the City of Atlanta and Fulton County.
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 >Bail Reform in Atlanta Has Been Successful: Don’t be Duped by Misleading Court Data, Especially in the Wake of the Cyberattack
Nearly 750,000 people are detained in jails across the country every day because of an…
READ MORE >Two Rulings, One Conclusion: ‘User-Pay’ Court Funding Unconstitutional
In two landmark decisions this month, two federal judges declared that there is a clear…
READ MORE >Legislation Would Further Exacerbate Wealth-Based Detention in Georgia
Yesterday, following a three hour hearing on SB 452, the legislation passed out of the…
READ MORE >Bail Reform Comes to Atlanta
Money bail is American exceptionalism of the wrong variety. The United States is one of…
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