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Georgia's Supreme Court says that a state pledge to not execute some inmates until certain conditions are met following the COVID-19 pandemic is a binding contract that the state can't ignore.
Virgil Presnell was slated to be executed earlier this year, but a Fulton County court delayed that and a new Georgia Supreme Court decision will delay it further.
Virgil Presnell was slated to be executed earlier this year, but a Fulton County court delayed that and a new Georgia Supreme Court decision will delay it further.
Georgia should be allowed to execute the longest-serving inmate on the state’s death row despite an agreement that capital cases would not move forward during the pandemic, a lawyer for the state argued Tuesday.
ATLANTA – Georgia should be allowed to execute the longest-serving inmate on the state’s death row despite an agreement that capital cases would not move forward during the pandemic, a