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This set a record for the most executions conducted in Georgia in a calendar year. The same year, Texas only executed seven people, the first time it did not lead the nation in executions since 2001 (when it ranked behind Oklahoma). Prior to this, the most executions conducted in the state were five executions. This happened in 1987 and again ...
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Georgia. 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]
Willie James Pye was reportedly the first person scheduled for execution in Georgia after a four-year pause on executions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [25] Before Pye's execution, the last execution took place in January 2020, when Donnie Cleveland Lance was put to death for a double murder in 1997. [26] [27]
After the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, Georgia resumed executions in 1983. The four-year break in executions caused by the coronavirus pandemic and related agreement ...
The execution is set for March 20 at 7 p.m., after the judge set an execution window between noon that day and noon on March 27. (Photo credit: Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)
People executed by Georgia (U.S. state) by lethal injection (17 P) Pages in category "People executed by Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
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Georgia late Wednesday executed a man for the first time since January 2020, joining other states that have revived the practice as the death penalty in the U.S. entered a new frontier of ...