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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE! Dozens of bills make the cut as Georgia lawmakers hit home stretch, DEI ban dies (article by Georgia Recorder)
March 6th was Crossover Day in Georgia, the last day to get bills passed from one house to the next and although some bills didn't make it, many did. While Crossover Day is mostly do or die, dead bills can sometimes be revived before the end of the session by attaching language from the deceased legislation onto a related bill. That could happen any time before April 4, the last day of the session, also known as sine die. Here's one update on the criminal justice reform scope: Despite showing momentum, a bill that would've overhauled how Georgia compensates those who are wrongfully convicted, HB533 (the Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act) did not get a vote. However, House lawmakers did overwhelmingly pass a measure that included individual compensation resolutions for five people who served time in prison after being wrongfully convicted. That measure, House Resolution 128, passed with a 151-12 vote and now moves to the Senate.
Read the full Georgia Recorder article
here.
Missed JRP's 14th Annual Justice Day at the Capitol on 2/25/25? If you missed this year's Justice Day to connect with justice reform advocates, hear informative panels, attend engaging workshops, learn about pending good and bad laws or go to the capitol to speak with your legislator, you can watch the recap on YouTube here and you can access all of the slides and handouts (including ours on advocating for an incarcerated loved one's care and safety) at justicereformpartnership.org/justicedayresources. To see photos from the event, visit the gallery.
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We Won a Grant & Officially Launched Our Campaign to #endslaveryinGA!
In August 2022, we won a grant from Next Day Animations "to change the world" in which we were the recipients of this #explainervideo to educate our state and the nation of modern day slavery and the need to abolish it. Most think that slavery ended with the passing of the 13th amendment. It did not. Because of the exception in the amendment that allows people who are convicted of crimes to be forced into slavery, aka involuntary servitude, former slave owners used that loophole to re-enslave people but through mass incarceration via "Black Codes".
Now local, state and federal institutions and over 4,100 corportions profit off mass incarceration and free slave labor, making billions each year! Therefore, following in the footsteps of the 4 states that have already removed any language of slavery from their state constitutions as well as the 5 states who will have the issue of slavery on the ballot next month, the Georgia chapter of All of Us or None intends to demand that Georgia also end its exploitive, coercive and profit driven practice that violates basic human rights. Enjoy & share!
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