Georgia
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · In 1993 Georgia introduced a moratorium that was lifted...
- News items in the archive
- 191
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Georgia is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 191 news items on Georgia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- APRIL 27, 2021GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Willie James Pye’s death sentence reversed
- JANUARY 1, 2020GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2020GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- JANUARY 1, 2019GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2019GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- JANUARY 1, 2018GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2018GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- JUNE 14, 2017GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. For the 2nd time this year, a defendant accused of killing an officer did not receive a death sentence.
USA - Georgia. For the 2nd time this year, a defendant accused of killing an officer did not receive a death sentence.
- JANUARY 1, 2017GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2017GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2016GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Brandon Astor Jones, 72, Black, was executed.
USA - Georgia. Brandon Astor Jones, 72, Black, was executed.
- JANUARY 1, 2016GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- 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.
- JANUARY 1, 2013GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
APRIL 3, 2012GeorgiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO GEORGIANS SAVED FROM HANGING
The second of two Georgians has been saved from execution for drug crimes in Malaysia
- JANUARY 1, 2012GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2012GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2011GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
SOURCES: PRESIDENT OBAMA TRIED TO SAVE TROY DAVIS FROM EXECUTION
President Obama candidly took a little time to explain how he tried to save Troy Davis and why he did not say anything about his controversial execution, two sources told Redding News Review.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
USA: HANDS OFF CAIN- THE USA AND ROGUE NATIONS USE THE DEATH PENALTY
“It isn't great company to be in, countries that still use the death penalty- the Unites States and "rogue