Category: Features & Updates
Settlement Reached in Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging the Mass Arrest of 60+ Partygoers for Less Than an Ounce of Marijuana
Today, we’re happy to announce that a settlement has been reached in Williams v. City of…
READ MORE >Georgia Moves Closer to Establishing Fair Process for Determining Intellectual Disability in People Facing Death Penalty
In 1986, the state of Georgia executed a Black man with intellectual disability named Jerome…
READ MORE >Legislative Update
The Georgia General Assembly met last week for Legislative Days 21-24 and has reconvened this…
READ MORE >Action Alert: Protect the Right to Protest and Cashless Bail
We need your help to stop two dangerous and regressive bills that will be voted…
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights & Innocence Project File Motion to Reconsider Order Denying Relief to Charles McCrory
In 1985, Charles McCrory was wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife, Julie Bonds, in Andalusia,…
READ MORE >Legislative Update
The Georgia General Assembly met last week for Legislative Days 19 & 20 and will…
READ MORE >ACTION ALERT: The Right to Protest is Under Attack in Georgia
Georgians have a proud history of getting in “good trouble” by exercising our rights to…
READ MORE >New Year, New Leadership at SCHR
We are excited to share that longtime SCHR attorney Atteeyah Hollie will now serve as the…
READ MORE >Legislative Update
The Georgia General Assembly met last week for Legislative Days 12-15 and will reconvene this…
READ MORE >Cashless Bail Under Attack
Cashless bail is yet again under attack at the State Capitol. We need your help. SB 504 is the latest and most egregious attempt to punish poor people by requiring cash bail for pretrial release.
READ MORE >Palmer Singleton, Rest in Power.
With heavy hearts, we share the sad news that former SCHR attorney Palmer Singleton passed…
READ MORE >Legislative Update
The Georgia General Assembly met last week for Legislative Days 9-11, and will reconvene this…
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