| Death
Penalty: |
YES |
| Prohibit
Execution of the Mentally Retarded: |
YES, although controversy exists over high standards for proving mental retardation |
| Life
Without Parole: |
YES |
| Minimum
Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty: |
17 (3 juveniles on death row) |
| Number
on Death Row: |
127 |
| Executions
Since 1976: |
27 |
| Race
of Defendants: |
63 white (49%), 61 black (48%), 2 Latino/a (2%), 1 Asian (.8%) |
| Racial
Make-up of State Population: |
63% white, 29% black, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian |
| Innocents
Exonerated: |
YES (6). |
| Columbia
University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases: |
82% |
| Murder
Rate: |
8.1 per 100,000 (ranked 11th out of 51) |
| Governor: |
Roy E. Barnes, (Democrat),
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| Presidential
Vote: |
55% Bush, 43% Gore |
| Public
Opinion on the Death Penalty: |
Poll taken November 2000. Findings include:
-66% support death penalty when question is asked in the abstract
-48% support a five-year moratorium |
| Organizations
Endorsing a Moratorium: |
City of Atlanta
The Atlanta Labor Solidarity Network
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
National Lawyers Guild, Atlanta Chapter
Pax Christi Atlanta
Prison & Jail Project
Prisoners Resource Clearinghouse, Inc.
Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide
Religious Society of Friends, Atlanta Friends Meeting
Saint Pius Catholic Church
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Life Issues Committee |
| Organizations
Working FOR a Moratorium: |
Southern Center for Human Rights
Stephen Bright - executive director
404-688-1202
rights@schr.org
Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, gfadp@yahoo.com
Brian McAdams-contact
404-572-6226
ACLU of Georgia
142 Mitchell St. SW Ste 301
Atlanta, GA 30303
Debbie Seagraves-contact
404-523-5398--(day)
404-577-0181--(fax)
info@acluga.org
www.acluga.org
Amnesty International-USA
Southern Regional Office
131 Ponce de Leon Avenue Suite 220
Atlanta, GA 30308
Laura Moye-contact
404-876-5661--(day)
404-876-2276--(fax)
Lmoye@aiusa.org
www.amnestyusa.org
Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Atlanta Chapter
Cari Courtenay-Quirk-contact
770-541-6914-(phone)
Prison and Jail Project*
P.O. Box 6749
Americus, GA 31709
John Cole-Vodicka-contact
912-928-2080--(day)
912-924-7080--(fax)
Southern Prison Ministry c/o The Open Door Community
910 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30306-4212
Murphy Davis-contact
404-874-9652--(day)
404-874-7964--(fax)
Team Defense Project
P.O. Box 1728
Atlanta, GA 31709
Millard Farmer-contact
404-688-8116--(day)
404-577-0643--(fax)
Victim Offender Services
P.O. Box 1785
Americus, GA 31709
Barry Lee Burnside-contact
229-928-3131--(day)
barrylee@americus.net
Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda
Dr. Joseph Lowery
404-653-1199-office
Georgians For Equal Justice, an offshoot of the Southern Center for Human Rights |
| Clemency: |
The State Board Of Pardons and Paroles has the exclusive authority to grant clemency. |
| Who
Decides Sentence: |
Jury |
| Method
of Execution: |
Lethal Injection |
