LATEST NEWS ON SCHR

Recent Cases in the News:

• Georgia Sex Offender Law Criminalizes Religion; Injunction Filed to Halt Implementation of Ban on Faith-based Volunteering [Southern Center for Human Rights  6/24/08]
   
• Lawsuit Filed to Stop Mass Firings of Atlanta Public Defenders [Southern Center for Human Rights  6/11/08]
   
• Civil Rights Lawsuit Brought by Mother of Farron Barksdale [Southern Center for Human Rights  6/9/08]
   
• Georgia Sex Offender Law back in Federal Court moments after being signed by Governor Perdue  [Southern Center for Human Rights  5/14/08]
   
• United States Supreme Court Reverses Death Penalty Case Due to Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection [Southern Center for Human Rights]
   
• Be Tough and Smart: Georgia’s Women and Children Deserve Public Safety, Not Political Posturing. SCHR Responds to Rep. Keen’s Reaction to the Mann Decision [Southern Center for Human Rights 11/28/07]
   
• Georgia Sex Offender Law Challenged in
  Federal Court [Southern Center for Human Rights]
   
• Let's Try Brian Nichols Properly the First Time:  Opinion Editorial by Stephen Bright [Atlanta Journal Constitution 11/07/07]
   
• “Open Records Act” Lawsuit Challenges Corrections Commissioner’s Refusal to Disclose Public Records About Deaths & Violence in AL Prisons
   
• Women's Health & Welfare at Macon Diversion Center Come Second to Collection of Fines & Fees  [Southern Center for Human Rights 05/18/07]
   
• Low-budget lobbyists belie rich, slick image
  [Atlanta Journal Constitution 3/26/07]
   
• Group dismisses lawsuit [Sun Herald 2/1/07]
   
• Ronda Cross Scott Released from Prison
  [Atlanta Journal Constitution 09/26/06]
   
• Deal frees 'debtor prison' woman
  [Atlanta Journal Constitution 09/20/06]
   
• Lawsuit slows AIDS death march at LCF
  [The News Courier, 9/9/06]
   
• Shelby D.A. backs off death sentence view
  [The Birmingham News 6/8/06]
   
• A question of fairness [The Birmingham News 6/9/06]
   
• Cutting a deal at Tutwiler
  [Birmingham News, 8/28/06]
   

• Lawyer: Keep minor offenders out of jail
  [Atlanta Journal Constitution 5/17/2006]
   

• Georgia County Set to Reimburse Prisoner Fees [National Public Radio, 4/5/06]

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