Georgia bill lowering threshold for proving intellectual disability in death penalty cases heads to Gov. Kemp
A bill easing Georgia's strict requirements for a person facing the death penalty to be considered intellectually disabled ...
Georgia set to ease strict rules for proving intellectual disability in death penalty cases
A Georgia bill that would ease the state's tough death penalty law is on track to become law. It is illegal in every U.S.
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Intellectually disabled could be shielded from Georgia’s death penalty, pending governor’s signature
Georgia is the only state with the death penalty that requires defendants to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are ...
Execution bill could spare lives of more prisoners in Georgia
Georgia makes it harder than any other state for an individual to prove they are legally exempt from the death penalty. That ...
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Georgia bill lowering threshold for proving intellectual disability in death penalty cases heads to Gov. Kemp
Defendants who are found to have an intellectual disability would be exempt from the death penalty and receive alternative sentences. In multiple cases in Georgia, lawyers have unsuccessfully ...
Legislature votes to make it easier to prove intellectual disability in death penalty cases
The Georgia legislature threw its support behind legislation that would make it easier for defendants in death penalty cases ...
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Georgia set to ease strict rules for proving intellectual disability in death penalty cases
ATLANTA — Georgia makes it harder than any other state for an individual to prove they are legally exempt from the death penalty because of an intellectual disability. A bill that would change ...
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Is it ever right to pay disabled workers pennies per hour?
Because they are paid based on their productivity rather than time worked, some, like Mr Pennington, earn mere cents each ...