NEW RESOURCE: An Analysis of Death Penalty Cases in Georgia

A new report by Michael Mears of the Office of the Multi-County Public Defender provides a detailed examination of every death penalty trial in Georgia since the state passed its current death penalty statute in 1973. This resource contains a listing of death penalty cases by name of the defendant, name of the county, name of the judicial circuit, as well as the disposition of every death penalty case. It also provides a brief overview of the historic role Georgia has played in the Supreme Court’s examination of the modern death penalty. (An Analysis of Death Penalty Cases in Georgia by Judicial Circuits 1973-2003, Office of Multi-County Public Defender, August 2003). See Resources.