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
- JULY 16, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA). IMPENDING EXECUTION STAYED
Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles today temporarily halted the execution of Troy Anthony Davis less than 24 hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection
- JUNE 26, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
John Hightower was executed by lethal injection.
John Hightower was executed by lethal injection.
- JUNE 13, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Chatham County Superior Court Judge James F. Bass Jr. sentenced Darryl Scott Stinski...
Chatham County Superior Court Judge James F. Bass Jr. sentenced Darryl Scott Stinski...
- APRIL 16, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
the Senate Judiciary Committee just delivered a unanimous...
the Senate Judiciary Committee just delivered a unanimous...
- MARCH 20, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA). HOUSE PASSES DEATH PENALTY BILL
the Georgia House voted 106-65 to approve bill HB185 (see also March 12).
- MARCH 12, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
a defendant in Georgia could be sentenced to die even...
a defendant in Georgia could be sentenced to die even if up to three members of the jury in the case voted against the death penalty...
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
the Georgia Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty...
the Georgia Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty against a man convicted in 1997 of killing a sheriff's deputy.
- JANUARY 12, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
ABKHAZIA IMPOSES PARTIAL MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
the Parliament of breakaway Abkhazia approved a draft law imposing a moratorium on death penalty, Apsnypress news agency reported.
- JANUARY 1, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- JANUARY 1, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- DECEMBER 14, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIAN CONSTITUTION CLARIFIED ON DEATH PENALTY
MPs voted 173 to one to pass constitutional amendments that state explicitly that the death penalty and torture are banned in Georgia.
- MAY 16, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a Baldwin County deputy has been overturned.
the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a Baldwin County deputy has been overturned.