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
- MARCH 21, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate voted 44-7 to remove the non-unanimous jury language from
The Senate voted 44-7 to remove the non-unanimous jury language from
- MARCH 19, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
House approves non-unanimous death penalty.
House approves non-unanimous death penalty.
- MARCH 13, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors would have the option of putting
Prosecutors would have the option of putting
- MARCH 4, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Bill Changes Ga. Public Defender Funding
Bill Changes Ga. Public Defender Funding
- JANUARY 1, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- JANUARY 1, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Georgia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- DECEMBER 13, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
a Douglas County jury sentenced Nicholas Jason Bryant...
a Douglas County jury sentenced Nicholas Jason Bryant...
- OCTOBER 22, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
the Georgia Supreme Court granted a stay of execution...
the Georgia Supreme Court granted a stay of execution...
- OCTOBER 18, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
two days after refusing it, the Georgia Supreme Court has stayed...
two days after refusing it, the Georgia Supreme Court has stayed...
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
a jury sentenced a man to death by lethal injection for the Nov. 3...
a jury sentenced a man to death by lethal injection for the Nov. 3...
- AUGUST 24, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
in Waynesboro, aBurke County jury decided Willie Palmer should die for the Sept. 10...
in Waynesboro, aBurke County jury decided Willie Palmer should die for the Sept. 10...
- 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.
- MARCH 13, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
in Atlanta, the Senate defeated a proposal to study the use...
in Atlanta, the Senate defeated a proposal to study the use of the death penalty in Georgia
- MARCH 7, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
a resolution to study whether the death penalty is administered fairly in Georgia...
a resolution to study whether the death penalty is administered fairly in Georgia narrowly cleared the Senate Judiciary committee on a 5-4 vote.
- JANUARY 1, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997.
- JANUARY 1, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Willie Palmer is entitled to a new trial because Georgia Bureau...
Willie Palmer is entitled to a new trial because Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents withheld crucial information from his attorneys, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled.
- OCTOBER 13, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
in Macon, Bibb County, Airman Andrew Witt was sentenced to death
in Macon, Bibb County, Airman Andrew Witt was sentenced to death for the murder of fellow Airman Andrew Schliepsiek and his wife, Jamie, at their home on Robins Air Force Base last year.