Category: Death Penalty
Our 2024 Georgia Legislative Priorities
The Southern Center for Human Rights is committed to decriminalizing race and poverty in America’s Deep South and our policy priorities this session reflect that commitment. Read on to learn about our policy priorities, advocacy tools and community advocacy days.
READ MORE >Hours Before Scheduled Execution, Jimmy Meders is Granted Clemency
We are overjoyed that at 1:00 pm yesterday, a mere 6 hours before he was…
READ MORE >Georgia Must Test the DNA Evidence in Imminent Scheduled Execution
In just two days, on Wednesday, November 13th, Georgia state officials have scheduled an execution…
READ MORE >Every Defendant Deserves a Trial Free of Race Discrimination
In September of 2017, Keith “Bo” Tharpe came within hours of execution; the Supreme Court…
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 >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…
READ MORE >Tennessee Plans to Execute Edmund Zagorski in Electric Chair Tonight
Tonight, in Tennessee, barring any last minute intervention, Edmund Zagorski will be strapped into an…
READ MORE >South Dakota Executes an Intellectually Disabled Man
Growing up, Rodney Berget had some trouble fitting in. His home life was troubled; he…
READ MORE >Last Week, Texas Executed 2 Men in 24 Hours
Last week, two Texans were executed by lethal injection within a 24-hour period. From conviction…
READ MORE >Death Sentences are Dwindling in Georgia, In Favor of a Different Kind of Death Sentence: Life in Prison Without the Possibility of Parole
It has been 4 years since a jury in the state of Georgia handed down…
READ MORE >Former Prosecutors and Others File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Support of Johnny Lee Gates
Yesterday, a unique group of former prosecutors, a former judge, and a civil rights attorney…
READ MORE >Newly Discovered Prosecutors’ Notes Reveal Blatant Race Discrimination in Capital Jury Selection
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights and the Georgia Innocence Project filed a supplement…
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