Death Penalty Statistics in Georgia
General Stats
Updated 06/19/03
Total Death Row Inmates: 117
..Race:
..Black 56
..White 58...Other - 3
..Gender:
..Male 116
.Female 1
Number of Executions since 1976: 33
..Race:
..Black 13
..White: 20
Total Number of Juveniles on Death Row: 2
Minimum Age to Receive the Death Penalty: 17
Does Georgia Forbid the Execution of the Mentally Retard? Yes
Death Row Location
..Men: Jackson
Women: Atlanta
Methods of Execution: Lethal Injection
Does Georgia Have Life Without Parole? Yes
Clemency Process:
..The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has the exclusive authority to grant clemency.
Capital Offenses:
..Murder, Kidnapping with bodily injury or ransom where victim dies; aircraft hijacking; treason.
Is Felony Murder a Capital Crime? Yes (Ga. Code Ann. Sec. 16-5-1©)
Who Decides Sentence? Jury
(Source: Death Penalty Information Center)
Racial Injustice Figures
Percentage of Gas population that is African-American: 27
Percentage of Gas prison population that is African-American: 68
Percentage of district attorneys in Gas 46 judicial circuits who are African-American: 2
Percentage of judges in Gas Superior Courts who are African-American: 10
Percentage of homicides in Ga in which the victim is African- American: 65
Percentage of cases in which executions have been carried out in which the victim was white: 90
(Source: Southern Center for Human Rights)
Other Issues
Does the Death Penalty Deter Murder?
The Innocence Factor
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