Policies Have Unlawful Discriminatory Effect on Black and Latino Residents
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Sylvester, GA—The Southern Center for Human Rights is investigating a warrantless search conducted by employees of the Worth County Sheriff’s Office of hundreds of students at Worth County High School in Sylveste
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On January 13, 2017, more than thirty years after his conviction, the Supreme Court of the United States granted cert to longtime SCHR client, James McWilliams.
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A terrible system in Georgia required poor people who couldn’t pay small fines for misdemeanors to pay for their probation costs.
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Stephen Bright, tireless civil rights advocate, leaving Southern Center
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The General Assembly adjourned Sine Die close to 1:00am on Friday, March 31st.
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CLEVELAND, GEORGIA – In a preliminary federal court consent order, Sentinel Offender Services, LLC, has agreed to stop requiring people on probation to submit to and pay for drug tests that no court has ordered.
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Atlanta, Georgia –On February 2, 2017, the Southern Center for Human Rights along with Georgia Justice Project and Emory Law School Barton Child Law and Policy Center will join o
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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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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.
