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
- 192
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 192 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, 2012MalaysiaDEATH 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, 2011GeorgiaDEATH PENALTYUSA: 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