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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30th January 2017
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30th January 2017
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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24th January 2017
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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30th December 2016
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23rd 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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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.
