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Georgia has the highest standard of proof in the nation to prove intellectual disability in a capital case. Learn why change is necessary.

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News and Action Alerts

New Hampshire Abolishes Capital Punishment

The New Hampshire State Senate voted to override the governor's veto of a death penalty repeal bill today. This allows the repeal to become law and makes New Hampshire the 21st state to abolish capital punishment in the United States.
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Scotty Morrow

Scotty Morrow Executed

Speaking words of contrition, Scotty Morrow became the first Georgian to be executed this year on Thursday May, 2nd. Scotty had been sentenced to die for the murders of Barbara Young and Tonya Woods in 1994. Mr. Morrow expressed remorse, and apologized to the Young and Woods family as his final act.
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Legal

House Bill 702 Introduced to Repeal the Death Penalty

On Thursday, March 28th, a bipartisan group of representatives introduced House Bill 702 which, if enacted, would abolish the death penalty in Georgia.
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Pope Francis

Catechism Revised to Reflect Inadmissibility of the Death Penalty

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The Vatican announced that a section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated in light of Pope Francis' developed teaching that the death penalty is inadmissible in all cases "because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person."
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