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JULIAN

Hattiesburg, MS
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www.julianfreedom.org/

    • Mission

    JULIAN’s mission is to end systems of caste in America. JULIAN will do this through legal advocacy, organizing, policy, and innovation in order to exact justice, foster equality, and advance the doctrines of civil and human rights law. We do this to protect and uplift the voices of those on the bottom rungs of the American caste system. Our intention is to revive the spirit, effectiveness, strategies, and impact of the civil rights movement.

    About Us

    From 2022-2024, JULIAN served as an independent statewide public-defender system in Mississippi, the only state without a statewide public defender system. Mississippi has public defenders in only 32 of 82 counties. JULIAN provided free criminal defense for under-resourced individuals, impacting over a thousand people during the course of more than 50 cases and a potential reach of more than a million individuals. JULIAN has a 99% win rate in these cases.

    JULIAN has solved several suspected modern-day lynching (MDL) cases that the FBI, local, and state authorities failed to solve.

    JULIAN drafted a bill that led to the release of 2,000 prisoners from prisons in Virginia in 2024, and another 6,000 people's sentences will be shortened due to the new Earned Sentencing Credit bill.

    JULIAN’s work led the DOJ to open an investigation into the City of Lexington, Mississippi, and its police department. It is the first time in history DOJ has investigated a police department of Lexington’s size. In September 2024, the Department of Justice published their findings against the City of Lexington, corroborating all of JULIAN's evidence. DOJ found that Lexington and its police have used excessive force, false arrests, and discrimination against Black people in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments.

    Cause Areas Include

    • Community Development
    • Community Development
    • Human Rights & Civil Liberties
    • Legal Assistance
    • Race & Ethnicity

    Location & Contact

    • 6013236586
    • 604 Court Street, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, US
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