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  2. Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Georgia reintroduced the death penalty in 1973 after Furman v. Georgia ruled all states' death penalty statutes unconstitutional. The first execution to take place afterwards occurred in 1983. 77 people in total have been executed since 1983 as of March 21, 2024. [1] As of June 30, 2024, 33 men and 1 woman are on death row awaiting execution. [2]

  3. Furman v. Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), was a landmark criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

  4. Troy Leon Gregg - Wikipedia

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    Georgia, the Supreme Court held by a 7–2 majority that the State of Georgia could constitutionally put Gregg to death; Georgia, in common with Texas and Florida, had instituted a death penalty statute requiring a separate bifurcated trial proceeding to determine punishment in a capital case after the establishment of guilt, [2] establishing a ...

  5. List of United States Supreme Court opinions involving ...

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    Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for rape of an adult woman when the victim is not killed. Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782 (1982) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for a person who is a minor participant in a felony and does not kill, attempt to kill, or intend to kill. Tison v.

  6. Federal judge orders Alameda County to review death penalty cases

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    The Alameda County District Attorney's office was ordered by a federal judge to review more than 30 death penalty cases after Black and Jewish jurors were purposefully excluded in the conviction ...

  7. List of landmark court decisions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Georgia (1976). Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976) Georgia's new death penalty statute is constitutional because it adequately narrows the class of defendants eligible for the death penalty. This case and the next four cases were consolidated and decided simultaneously.

  8. Stan Rebert never minced words, though most 'Dear Pinhead ...

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    Common Pleas Court Judge John W. Thompson Jr., Rebert's former first assistant district attorney, gave his memories of Rebert a stir, grinned broadly and then declined to share his recall.

  9. Judge rules Georgia Senate committee can subpoena Fani Willis ...

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    (The Center Square) – Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura Ingram gave District Attorney Fani Willis until Jan. 13 to respond to an order that requires her to honor a subpoena from a ...