Category: Features & Updates
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:…
READ MORE >Public Records Lawsuit Filed After Clayton County Sheriff Refuses to Disclose Public Documents About Covid-19 in County Jail
On May 27, 2020, the Southern Center for Human Rights and the ACLU of Georgia…
READ MORE >After 43 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment, Johnny Gates Walks Free
We are overjoyed to share that on Friday, May 15, after 43 long years of…
READ MORE >Coalition Demands Urgent Meeting with Georgia’s Governor; Urges Local Action to Save Lives
The Georgia Coalition 2 Save Lives, which the Southern Center for Human Rights is proud…
READ MORE >Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, SCHR Sends Letters to Department of Juvenile Justice; Judges
In the letter to the Department of Juvenile Justice, SCHR urges DJJ to adopt a…
READ MORE >Puerto Ricans Win Right to Transfer Their Driver’s Licenses in Georgia
Kenneth Cabán Gonzalez, a U.S. citizen born and raised in Puerto Rico, can finally transfer…
READ MORE >A Quarterly Update from the SCHR Ambassadors
SCHR In the News Earlier this week, SCHR and co-counsel at the Georgia Innocence Project…
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