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
- DECEMBER 11, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Byron Ashley Parker, 41, died at 7:26 p
Byron Ashley Parker, 41, died at 7:26 p
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Fred Marion Gilreath Jr
Fred Marion Gilreath Jr
- NOVEMBER 7, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgian communists spoke in support of restoration...
Georgian communists spoke in support of restoration of death sentence in Georgia at a meeting for Representatives of United Communist Party of Georgia held in Gori, the native town of Ioseb Stalin
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Jose Martinez High was pronounced dead at 8:07 p
Jose Martinez High was pronounced dead at 8:07 p
- OCTOBER 25, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Terry Mincey was declared dead at 8:06 at Georgia Diagnostic...
Terry Mincey was declared dead at 8:06 at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison
- OCTOBER 5, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that the use of...
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that the use of the electric chair to execute condemned inmates was unconstitutional and ordered the state to use lethal injection in all future executions
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Foreign Office of the British Government is mounting...
The Foreign Office of the British Government is mounting a legal challenge against the U
- AUGUST 10, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Supreme Court's decision, Petre Gelbakhiani and Irakli...
Supreme Court's decision, Petre Gelbakhiani and Irakli Dokvadze were sentenced to 12 and a half years of imprisonment after a Supreme Court decision
- MAY 4, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Audio tapes describing executions in Georgia were broadcast...
Audio tapes describing executions in Georgia were broadcast nationally by National Public Radio and ABC-News Nightline on May 2, and by Democracy Now! Pacifica national radio on May 3
- APRIL 25, 2001GeorgiaDEATH 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 on April 25, 2001
- MARCH 7, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
William Sallie has again been sentenced to death for...
William Sallie has again been sentenced to death for the 1990 slaying of his father-in-law in south Georgia's Bacon County
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge Hal Craig imposed the death penalty...
Superior Court Judge Hal Craig imposed the death penalty against Mustafa Raheem, 21, on recommendation from the Henry County jury that heard the case