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Southern Center for Human Rights
@southerncenter
The Southern Center for Human Rights is working for equality, dignity, and justice for people impacted by the criminal legal system in the Deep South.
Atlanta, Georgia
schr.org
Joined February 2010
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
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    Jun 19, 2020
    Our client Carl Stephens was convicted in 1993 of possessing cocaine residue & stealing cigarettes - acts for which he received a 50-year sentence without the possibility of parole. On Wednesday, after 26 years of imprisonment, he walked free. Happy Liberation Day Mr. Stephens!
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    Sep 5, 2023
    SCHR is reaching out to attorneys representing people named in the indictment & locating attorneys for those without counsel. Our current priority: ensure those indicted are released on bond, esp. given the horrendous culture at the Fulton Jail where 9 people have died this year.
    "STATEMENT: COP CITY RICO INDICTMENT, First Amendment Bridge Project. If you are interested in joining The First Amendment Lawyer Bridge project at SCHR, please contact us at bridge@schr.org." The above appears as white and yellow text on a blue background, above the First Amendment Lawyer Bridge Logo, with two blue and yellow arches, resembling double-lines as in a street divider, and the handle @southerncenter.
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    Sep 5, 2023
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    We are urgently seeking licensed GA attorneys to represent community members and fulfill our mission to protect the right to dissent. The Bridge will compensate retained attorneys. If interested in joining the First Amendment Lawyer Bridge, please contact us at [email protected].
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    Feb 12, 2022
    Our client Marcus Bartley suffered a massive stroke in solitary confinement in August 2021. While hospitalized, he underwent brain and open heart surgery. His family was not allowed to visit him; now they have to bury him. Help us cover his funeral costs:
    mightycause.com
    Support Rest in Power, Marcus Bartley on Mightycause
    Assistance for the family of Marcus Bartley
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    May 24, 2021
    With the deepest sorrow, we mourn the loss of our beloved Policy Director, Marissa McCall. Marissa’s light burned so brightly, illuminating the path forward. Her sheer brilliance and boundless passion transformed everyone she met and every room she entered.
    Purple flowers on a white background with a photo of Marissa smiling, and the words, "In Loving Memory of Marissa McCall, Sep. 10, 1983 - May 21, 2021."
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    Jul 11, 2018
    BREAKING: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has rescinded the state's policy of sending money allocated to feed people incarcerated in jails directly to sheriffs in their personal capacities. The money must now go to government accounts. Stay tuned.
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    Nov 5, 2018
    In 7 states — Arizona, Arkansas, Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, Tennessee & Florida — laws prohibit people who owe any court debt from voting. That is profoundly undemocratic.
    Opinion | Too Poor to Vote (Published 2018)
    From nytimes.com
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    Nov 25, 2018
    A woman insisted the blue substance in her bag was cotton candy. GBI insisted it was meth. It turned out that it WAS cotton candy, but because this woman couldn’t pay her bail, she sat behind bars for three months. #endcashbail
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    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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    Nov 24, 2018
    ICYMI: Georgia woman is suing after GBI found that blue substance in her car that led to her spending three months in jail was not meth — it was cotton candy ajc.com/news/crime--la…
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    Mar 11, 2019
    Today, we are filing a civil rights suit against the city of Cartersville, GA, & others. Cartersville & Bartow County officers swarmed a predominantly black & brown house party, entered w/o a warrant, & arrested 60+ people for less than 1 oz of marijuana.
    theappeal.org
    Party Guests Suing Over Mass Arrest for Less Than An Ounce of Marijuana
    Arrestees in Cartersville, Georgia, sued this week, saying they were victims of a warrantless search that derailed their lives.
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    Apr 27, 2023
    Maurice Jimmerson has been held in jail without a trial and without representation for 10 years. He's one of many whose sixth amendment rights are being violated in jails across GA. “This problem is at a crisis level right now and is likely to get worse.”
    Why has this Georgia man been behind bars for 10 years awaiting trial?
    From atlantanewsfirst.com
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    May 30, 2019
    New Hampshire is officially the 21st state to abolish the death penalty!
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    Sister Helen Prejean
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    May 30, 2019
    BIG NEWS: New Hampshire just abolished the death penalty!
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    May 28, 2019
    BREAKING: Mayor @KeishaBottoms has just signed legislation to close the city jail! This is a historic day. #communitiesovercages
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    Feb 5, 2018
    BREAKING: the Atlanta City Council has just passed a historic bail reform ordinance. This is a big win for fairness & equality in our city. #endmoneybail
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    Southern Center for Human Rights
    @southerncenter
    Jan 19, 2021
    "Felony disenfranchisement didn’t exist in our state constitution until 1868, the same year Congress introduced the resolution to pass the 15th Amendment granting Black men the right to vote." @mmdodson