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Colorado Banned Arrests Based on Faulty Drug Tests. Georgia Is the Only State That Still Convicts People With Them.

Georgia is the only state where unconfirmed field drug tests can convict. Colorado just banned arrests based on these $2 tests — unanimously. Here’s how advocates can bring that reform to Georgia.

Georgia’s IAC Trap: A Strategic Advocacy Guide for the Georgia Post-Conviction Justice Act

Georgia’s process for challenging ineffective assistance of counsel is the most restrictive in the nation. This advocacy toolkit provides the legal analysis, coalition strategy, messaging framework, and objection responses for organizations working to fix it.