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| Death
Penalty: |
YES |
| Prohibit
Execution of the Mentally Retarded: |
YES, although controversy exists over high standards for proving mental retardation. However, this state will need to redefine its definition of mental retardation to conform to the recent United States Supreme Court decision Atkins v. Virginia, which held that it is a violation of the United States Constitution to execute persons with an IQ of less than 70. |
| Life
Without Parole: |
YES |
| Minimum
Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty: |
17 (3 juveniles on death row) |
| Number
on Death Row: |
120 |
| Executions
Since 1976: |
31 |
| Race
of Defendants: |
58 white (48%), 59 black (49%), 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: |
Sonny Perdue, (Republican),
|
| 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
City of Macon
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia
Atlanta Bar Association (Atlanta)
Atlanta Labor Solidarity Network (Decatur)
Benjamin E. Mays National Educational Resource Center, Inc. (Forest Park)
Candler School of Theology, Social Concerns Network
Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta)
Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa (Atlanta)
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta (Atlanta)
Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda (Atlanta)
Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (Atlanta)
Good Samaritans Eternal Outreach (Atlanta)
National Lawyers Guild, Atlanta Chapter (Atlanta)
Nipponzan Nyohji Atlanta Dojo (Atlanta)
Pax Christi Atlanta
Pax Christi Marietta (Marietta)
Prison & Jail Project (Americus)
Prisoners Resource Clearinghouse, Inc. (Decatur)
Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide (Atlanta)
Religious Society of Friends, Atlanta Friends Meeting (Atlanta)
Saint Pius Catholic Church (Conyers)
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Life Issues Committee (Atlanta)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
University of Georgia UNICEF
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta (Atlanta)
Young Democrats of Georgia
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| Organizations
Working FOR a Moratorium: |
Southern Center for Human Rights
Stephen Bright - executive director
404-688-1202
[email protected]
Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, [email protected]
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)
[email protected]
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)
[email protected]
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)
[email protected]
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 |
