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It was built in 1906-07 as the county jail for the newly formed Turner County, Georgia. It cost $10,855 and was designed by Wagoner and Dobson of Montgomery, Alabama. It is a 44 feet (13 m) by 46 feet (14 m) brick building with "elaborately corbeled entablature-like cornices". [3] Its interior has arched corrugated metal and concrete ceilings. [4]
Furman v. Georgia, the 1972 United States Supreme Court case that led to a de facto moratorium on capital punishment throughout the United States; the moratorium came to an end when Gregg v. Georgia was decided in 1976; Gregg v. Georgia, the 1976 United States Supreme Court decision ending the de facto moratorium on the death penalty imposed by ...
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High Museum of Art in Atlanta. This list of museums in Georgia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
CUMMING, Ga. — Driving through present-day Forsyth County is like navigating an American landscape haunted by its history. Centuries-old churches and storied cemeteries carry remnants of past ...
Crime Time on death row Imprisoned at Register number Notes Robert Gregory Bowers: Perpetrator of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting; an antisemitic terrorist attack in which eleven people were murdered. 1 year, 210 days USP Terre Haute: 39188-068 The shooting was the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States. Dylann Roof
People executed by Georgia (U.S. state) (4 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
In August, 1924, the Georgia General Assembly outlawed hanging and introduced electrocution instead. Georgia then used this method until 1972, when Furman v. Georgia declared the capital punishment procedures unconstitutional. Electrocution was re-instated, along with the death penalty, in 1976 as a result of Gregg v. Georgia.