Policy Issues
Innocence
,Intellectual Disability
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Race
,Jan 18, 2019
Citing Evidence of Innocence, Race Discrimination, Georgia Court Grants New Trial to Former Death-Row Prisoner
A Georgia judge has granted a new trial to Johnny Lee Gates (pictured recently, right, and at the time of trial, left) based on new evidence that excludes him as the source of DNA on implements used by the killer …