Category: Features & Updates
SCHR Statement on Cop City RICO Indictment
We are aware of Fulton County Indictment 23SC189192, which relates to Stop Cop City protests….
READ MORE >Shared Purpose, Unwavering Determination: Statement on the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington
On this 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, we reflect on the indelible impact of the historic event on civil rights and social justice.
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights Releases Georgia Public Defender Council Open Records Database
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights is launching a public database to share a selection of the documents we have received from GPDC via Georgia’s Open Records Act since March 2022.
READ MORE >SCHR Mourns the Passing of Charles Ogletree
The Board and Staff of the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) mourn the passing of former SCHR Board Member, Harvard Law Professor, and public defender, Charles Ogletree.
READ MORE >Community Keeps Community Safe: A Year of Listening, Learning, and Action
One year ago, the Southern Center for Human Rights set out on a mission to…
READ MORE >The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts
On Thursday, July 27 at 7pm ET, join former SCHR President and Senior Attorney Stephen…
READ MORE >Protecting Dissent: SCHR Launches First Amendment Lawyer Bridge
We are working to ensure that Georgians who express dissent are protected from criminalization.
READ MORE >SCHR Statement on the Department of Justice Investigation into Conditions at the Fulton County Jail
Mere days after news that 19-year-old Noni Battiste-Kosoko has died in Fulton County custody, the…
READ MORE >AJC Op-Ed: Reducing police violence will make Georgia safer, healthier
A focus on reform, mental and even physical health will have multiple benefits. By Opal…
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights Files Lawsuit Amid the Georgia Public Defender Council’s Refusal to Comply with Open Records Act
On June 5, as part of the Southern Center for Human Rights’ (SCHR) investigation into the Georgia Public Defender Council’s (GPDC) persistent failure to provide lawyers for accused people who cannot afford them, SCHR and Caplan Cobb, LLC, filed a lawsuit under the Georgia Open Records Act against GPDC Director Omotayo Alli due to the agency’s repeated violations of Georgia’s open records laws.
READ MORE >“A death sentence as well:” Deadly Conditions Worsen in GA Prisons and Jails
On April 27, Public Policy Director Tiffany Williams Roberts was featured on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s…
READ MORE >“Fix this Mistake:” Justice for Toforest Johnson
On a Sunday last month, over 400 people filled Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, to support our client Toforest Johnson, who has spent the past 25 years on Alabama’s death row.
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