Georgia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- semi-presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- adopted on August 24, 1995; amended several times, last in 2020 (the legislative electoral system was revised)
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; subject to the mandatory jurisdiction of the ICJ
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament (Sakartvelos Parlamenti)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (composed of 28 judges organized into various specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the President of Georgia); Constitutional Court (composed of 9 judges); Courts of Appeal; regional (citizen) and district courts
RELIGIONS
Eastern Orthodox Christian (official) 83.4%, Muslim 10.7%, Armenian Apostolic Christian 2.9%, other 1.2% (includes Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Yazidi, Protestant Christian, Jewish), none 0.5%, unspecified/no response 1.2% (estimate 2014)
From the country
- MARCH 10, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A federal jury in Gainesville sentenced William LeCroy Jr
A federal jury in Gainesville sentenced William LeCroy Jr
- JANUARY 1, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A bill was presented in 2002 for the forming of a commission...
A bill was presented in 2002 for the forming of a commission on the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but allows the execution of juvenile offenders of 17 years and above
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
James Willie Brown, 55, was executed for the May 12,...
James Willie Brown, 55, was executed for the May 12, 1975 rape and murder of Brenda Sue Watson
- AUGUST 20, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Apparently alarmed at deteriorating law and order in...
Apparently alarmed at deteriorating law and order in Georgia, the country's president publicly expressed his regret at being forced into abolishing the death penalty
- MAY 6, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Carl Isaacs, 49, was given a lethal injection at the...
Carl Isaacs, 49, was given a lethal injection at the state prison in Jackson for orchestrating the Alday family killings (Ned, Aubrey, Chester, Jerry, Jimmy and Mary Alday) at their home on May 14, 1973
- APRIL 24, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Georgia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 7, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Nine prisoners escaped from a temporary detention center...
Nine prisoners escaped from a temporary detention center in Abkhazia, the Georgian breakaway republic, Deputy Interior Minister Valery Lagvilava said
- MARCH 25, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Larry Eugene Moon was executed for the 1984 murder...
Larry Eugene Moon was executed for the 1984 murder and robbery of 34-year-old Ricky Callahan
- MARCH 24, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Georgia Supreme Court threw out a death sentence...
The Georgia Supreme Court threw out a death sentence against Gary Chad Thomason, a burglar convicted of killing 33-year-old Jerry Self
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgian MP Elene Tevdoradze denounced in Parliament...
Georgian MP Elene Tevdoradze denounced in Parliament a recent death sentence passed on an ethnic Georgian by the de facto authorities of the separatist region of Abkhazia
- JANUARY 1, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Georgia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances