by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
Participation in any execution of any convicted person carried out under this article shall not be the subject of any licensure challenge, suspension, or revocation for any physician or medical professional licensed in the State of Georgia.OCGA § 17-10-42.1Added by...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
The executioner and attending physicians shall certify the fact of the execution to the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the sentence was imposed, which certificate shall be filed by the clerk with the papers in the case.OCGA § 17-10-42
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
There shall be present at the execution of a convicted person the superintendent of the state correctional institution or a deputy superintendent thereof, at least three executioners, two physicians to determine when death supervenes, and other correctional officers,...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) Where the time period for the execution of any convicted person in a capital case has passed by reason of a supersedeas incident to appellate review, a stay of execution by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, or for any other reason, a judge of the superior...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
After a sentence of death has been imposed, if a female defendant so sentenced is believed to be pregnant, the sheriff of the county in which the defendant is imprisoned, with the concurrence and assistance of the judge of the probate court, shall select one or more...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) All persons who have been convicted of a capital offense and have had imposed upon them a sentence of death shall suffer such punishment by lethal injection. Lethal injection is the continuous intravenous injection of a substance or substances sufficient to cause...
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