Georgia
State update
Link to Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Link to death penalty and execution statute
Title 17, Chapter 10, Article 2; Death Penalty Statute is § 17-10-30 and Execution Statute is § 17-10-38
Date death penalty reenacted
March 28, 1973
Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?
Yes; also for aircraft hijacking, treason, rape, armed-robbery, kidnapping, causing or employing another person to committ murder
How is the sentence determined?
Jury
Location of death row(s)
Jackson (Women: Atlanta)
Clemency process
State Board of Pardons has exclusive authority to grant clemency
Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)
Not specified
Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973
5
Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973
- James Creamer, 1975
- Earl Charles, 1978
- Jerry Banks, 1980
- Robert Wallace, 1987
- Gary Nelson, 1991
