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
- JANUARY 1, 2016GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- DECEMBER 9, 2015GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): BRIAN KEITH TERRELL EXECUTED
Brian Keith Terrell, 47, Black, was executed.
- AUGUST 26, 2015GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Judge George Nunn resentenced Roger Collins to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
USA - Georgia. Judge George Nunn resentenced Roger Collins to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
- JANUARY 1, 2015GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2015GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- JULY 9, 2014GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The Board of Pardons and Paroles commuted Tommy Lee Waldrip's death sentence
USA - Georgia. The Board of Pardons and Paroles commuted Tommy Lee Waldrip's death sentence
- JANUARY 1, 2014GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- DECEMBER 5, 2013GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. A jury acquitted Timothy Johnson after 29 years of detention
USA - Georgia. A jury acquitted Timothy Johnson after 29 years of detention
- APRIL 24, 2013GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Court lifts the execution stay of Warren Hill, but the state is out of lethal-injection drug
USA - Georgia. Court lifts the execution stay of Warren Hill, but the state is out of lethal-injection drug
- MARCH 26, 2013GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Lethal injection secrecy bill wins approval
USA - Georgia. Lethal injection secrecy bill wins approval
- JANUARY 1, 2013GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.