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
- APRIL 4, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge John Lee Parrott overturned the murder conviction
Superior Court Judge John Lee Parrott overturned the murder conviction
- MARCH 1, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA, USA. MOBLEY EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF PIZZA MANAGER
Stephen Mobley, a man who shot a pizza store manager in the back of the head during a 1991 robbery, was executed in Georgia after courts rejected his last-minute appeals.
- JANUARY 25, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Timothy Carr, 34, was executed
Timothy Carr, 34, was executed
- JANUARY 6, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
De'Kelvin Martin, who murdered a 12-year-old and the boy's great-grand-parents...
De'Kelvin Martin, who murdered a 12-year-old and the boy's great-grand-parents...
- JANUARY 1, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- JANUARY 1, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JULY 19, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Eddie Albert Crawford was executed for the 1983 kidnapping,...
Eddie Albert Crawford was executed for the 1983 kidnapping, sexual assault and strangulation of his 2-year-old niece
- JULY 1, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Hicks, white, 47, was put to death by lethal...
Robert Hicks, white, 47, was put to death by lethal injection at Huntsville state prison, in Jackson
- APRIL 29, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Judge John B
Judge John B
- APRIL 21, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Georgia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 7, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Williams, 30, has been sentenced to death by...
Joseph Williams, 30, has been sentenced to death by a Chatham County Superior Court jury for killing a fellow inmate, Michael Deal, 54
- APRIL 7, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.