Your Voice Needed: Yes On SB 288!
Senate Bill 288, introduced by Sen. Tonya Anderson, allows for the restriction of certain misdemeanors convictions, with exceptions. If Georgia is a…
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What Does Defunding the Police Mean?
Police officers’ legal capacity to utilize violence as a tool sets them apart from other functions of government. Any other citizen who…
Georgia Legislative Session Resumes Monday, June 15th, 2020
On March 12, 2020, Georgia’s Legislative Leadership indefinitely suspended the 2019-2020 Legislative Session due to concerns about COVID-19. However, SCHR’s fight…
Rest In Power, Shauntrice Murry
We are deeply saddened to announce that our friend and client Shauntrice Murry passed away on Friday from cancer. She…
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 extraordinary brief urging the court…
Public Defenders for Black Lives Rally – Atlanta
Media Advisory Contact: Hannah Riley; [email protected] (Atlanta, GA) — Please join Gideon’s Promise, the Southern Center for Human Rights, the…
From Cuffs to Care
One year ago, the Atlanta City Council voted to close the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) and appointed a task…
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.
Black Lives Matter, Today and Always
The horrifying events of the last few weeks — lynchings of Black people, at the hands of the state and…
