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.
Sen. Vincent Fort, D-Atlanta, appealed to his conservative colleagues by taking language out of his resolution that could have allowed a moratorium in Georgia. Fort described 3 Georgia cases where men were sentenced to die before the charges against them were thrown out when it was found that evidence had been tampered with or witnesses had lied. While the Democrat said he is against capital punishment, he argued that those in favor of the death penalty could still vote on his bill "with a clear conscience" because it simply would work to ensure that the right people are convicted of crimes.
While no one debated Fort, his measure failed by a vote of 17 to 33.