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Through our efforts to gather & analyze comprehensive court data in Fulton County, ACSP hopes to increase transparency and give people whose lives have been affected by the criminal legal system the data needed to inform policy & practical change. Read more at www.urban.org/projects/cat...
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August 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Through our efforts to gather & analyze comprehensive court data in Fulton County, ACSP hopes to increase transparency and give people whose lives have been affected by the criminal legal system the data needed to inform policy & practical change. Read more at www.urban.org/projects/cat...
ACSP partnered with Igniting Hope GA and the GA Coalition Against Domestic Violence to research disparities in conviction, sentencing, and parole outcomes for people prosecuted for homicide in Fulton County as part of a larger research initiative examining these issues across Georgia.
August 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ACSP partnered with Igniting Hope GA and the GA Coalition Against Domestic Violence to research disparities in conviction, sentencing, and parole outcomes for people prosecuted for homicide in Fulton County as part of a larger research initiative examining these issues across Georgia.
In 2006, GA increased the mandatory minimum Life sentence from 14 to 30 years, and the parole board has required people to serve more time on those sentences each year since. Black people, poor people, women, and trans people who are charged with homicide serve disproportionately longer sentences.
August 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In 2006, GA increased the mandatory minimum Life sentence from 14 to 30 years, and the parole board has required people to serve more time on those sentences each year since. Black people, poor people, women, and trans people who are charged with homicide serve disproportionately longer sentences.