SCHR ED Sara Totonchi pens an op-ed for the Daily Report on why the state should not be allowed to block lawsuits using the concept of sovereign immunity in a case that is currently under consideration by the Georgia Supreme Court. SCHR filed an amicus brief along with GeorgiaCarry.Org, the Goldwater Institute, and the ADL - Anti-Defamation League.
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27th January 2017
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21st December 2016
Alabama’s death-penalty law is the only one of its kind in the United States. There, a judge may sentence someone to death against a jury’s recommendation.
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14th November 2016
Columbus Recorder’s Court accused of jailing indigent citizens in violation of law
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5th October 2016
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights and Columbus attorney, Mark C. Post, filed Harrison v. Consolidated Government of Columbus, Georgia, et al., on behalf of Cleopatra Harrison, challenging a policy by the Columbus Recorder’s Court of imposing an illegal victim fee on women experiencing domestic violence and then threatening to jail those who fail to pay it. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
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16th September 2016
If one state best embodies all the irrationality, unreliability and arbitrariness of the death penalty in America in 2016, it is Alabama.
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25th August 2016
US Department of Justice Civil Rights Chief Vanita Gupta offers Keynote Address.
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19th August 2016
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – In a brief signed by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta and U.S. Attorney John A. Horn, the U.S.
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8th August 2016
Alabama’s practice of judicial override, through which an elected judge can impose a death sentence even where the jury voted for life, is facing increasing scrutiny for diminishing the role of juries and allowing political pressure to affect capital cases.
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20th July 2016
The U.S. Census Bureau released its proposal to count incarcerated persons at the wrong location once again for the 2020 Census. Ignoring overwhelming consensus to count incarcerated people at home, The Bureau counts incarcerated people as residents of the towns where they are confined, though they are barred from voting in 48 states and return to their homes after being released. The practice also is out of step with most state constitutions and statutes, which explicitly state that incarceration does not change a residence.
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8th July 2016
We are deeply disturbed by the killings of 37 year old Alton Sterling and 32 year old Philando Castile, both Black men fatally shot by police in Baton Rouge, LA, and St. Paul, MN, in the span of 48 hours.
