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Andrew Grant DeYoung (May 12, 1974 – July 21, 2011) was an American who was convicted of and executed for the 1993 murder of his parents and sister in the state of Georgia. The state conducted the execution in H-5 of the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison (GDCP) in Jackson, Georgia . [ 1 ]
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]
The death penalty was used in Georgia as early as 1735. Here's what to know about capital punishment in the Peach State.
In 2005, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a pardon saying a verdict of manslaughter would have been more appropriate. The first individual electrocuted for a crime and sentenced to death (in Georgia) was Howard Henson, a black male, for rape and robbery; by electrocution on September 13, 1924, in DeKalb County.
Texas has executed the most inmates of any other state in the nation, and it's not even close. The Lone Star state has put 591 inmates to death since 1982, most recently Garcia Glen White on Oct. 1.
The progressive Georgia district attorney who was prosecuting nursing student Laken Riley’s illegal immigrant killer refused to seek the death penalty even after removing herself from the case ...
Ellijay, occasionally spelled Elijay, is a city in Gilmer County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 1,862 at the 2020 census. [4] The city is the county seat of Gilmer County. [5] Agriculture is important in Gilmer County, known as the "Apple Capital of Georgia." [6] The city holds an annual Georgia Apple Festival in October. [7]
See photos from social media of the family: "Had she not been able to make that 911 call, it's very uncertain what would've happened," Sgt. Rich Long of the Gwinnett County Police told WXIA .