USA - Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court reinstated the death sentence against Michael Wade Nance

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the death sentence against Michael Wade Nance, 51, White. A Gwinnett County jury had sentenced Wade Nance to death for killing Gabor Balogh on Dec. 18, 1993, after a bank robbery. Nance was first sentenced to death in September 1997. That sentence was first reversed in February 2000, when the Georgia Supreme Court found that a juror who should have been excused was instead selected for the trial. The death sentenced was reinstated in 2002, but Nance appealed to the high court in March 2007, arguing that his trial attorneys failed to present certain evidence in his favor, such as his developmental delays, learning difficulties and history of drug abuse. In Monday's opinion, a Supreme Court justice wrote that "there is no reasonable probability that the outcome would have been different" even if Nance's lawyers had referred to his "low average intelligence" during trial.