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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]
The death penalty was used in Georgia as early as 1735. Here's what to know about capital punishment in the Peach State.
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 ...
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.
March 7, 2025 Brad Keith Sigmon: 67 43 24 South Carolina: To be determined [3] Profile: 3 March 13, 2025 David Leonard Wood: 29 38 Texas Lethal injection Profile: 4 March 17, 2025 Christopher Sepulvado: 81 48 33 Louisiana: Nitrogen hypoxia: Profile: 5 March 18, 2025 Jessie D. Hoffman Jr. 46 18 28 Black Profile: 6 March 19, 2025 Aaron Brian ...
Georgia decision barred the death penalty for rape of an adult woman. Previously, the death penalty for rape of an adult had been gradually phased out in the United States, and at the time of the decision, Georgia and the Federal government were the only two jurisdictions to still retain the death penalty for this offense. In the 1980 case ...
January 31, 2025 Marion Bowman Jr. 44 20 24 Male Black South Carolina: Lethal injection [3] 2 February 5, 2025 Steven Lawayne Nelson: 37 24 13 Texas [4] 3 February 6, 2025 Demetrius Terrence Frazier: 52 19 33 Alabama: Nitrogen hypoxia [5] 4 February 13, 2025 James Dennis Ford: 64 36 28 White Florida: Lethal injection [6] 5 Richard Lee Tabler ...
The death penalty has been in long-term decline nationally due to unrelenting legal challenges, governor-imposed moratoriums, and difficulties acquiring the drugs used in lethal injections.