Georgia is the only state with the death penalty that requires defendants to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are ...

An $8 million verdict awarded in Rome this month to a couple whose baby was stillborn is the largest award of its kind in Georgia, the couple’s attorneys say.

ATLANTA (AP) — 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 ...

Of the approximately 210,000 counted in Georgia during the ... The same census records could conceivably help researchers estimate Civil War death tolls at the county level, said John Robert ...

Georgia in 1988 became the first state to outlaw the death penalty for intellectually disabled people. The U.S. Supreme Court followed in 2002, ruling that executing intellectually disabled people ...

In 1988, Georgia became the first state to outlaw the death penalty for intellectually disabled people. The U.S. Supreme Court followed in 2002, ruling that executing intellectually disabled ...