The Southern Center for Human Rights represents individuals on death row at trial, on appeal, and in the post-conviction review process.
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19th June 2017
The United States Supreme Court held today in McWilliams v. Dunn that James McWilliams was denied his right to a mental health expert to assist the defense at his 1986 capital trial in Alabama. McWilliams was evaluated by state doctors but was denied an independent expert to assist in the evaluation, preparation, and presentation of the defense.
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18th June 2017
Calhoun, Georgia – A federal judge has, for a second time, condemned the City of Calhoun’s money bail system – a system that permitted the wealthy to purchase their release from jail, while detaining the indigent for up to one week.
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1st June 2017
Sylvester, GA -Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights and Horsley Begnaud, LLC, filed K.A. et al. v. Jeffrey Hobby et al., challenging a mass search by Sheriff’s deputies of approximately 900 Worth County High School students nearly all those in attendance on April 14, 2017. The complaint claims that the Sheriff and his deputies violated the United States and Georgia Constitutions by conducting intrusive body searches of hundreds of public school children.
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18th May 2017
Policies Have Unlawful Discriminatory Effect on Black and Latino Residents
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9th May 2017
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 Sylvester
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