Georgia Superior Court Judge Upholds 2021 COVID-Era Agreement Barring Executions for Nine Prisoners | Death Penalty Information Center

Georgia Superior Court Judge Upholds 2021 COVID-Era Agreement Barring Executions for Nine Prisoners | Death Penalty Information Center

On May 29, 2025, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura Ingram ruled that Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr must abide by a 2021 agree­ment reached with attor­neys for nine indi­vid­u­als cur­rent­ly on Georgia’s death row that bars their exe­cu­tions until COVID-19 vac­cines are avail­able to every­one. In 2021, the state agreed to halt exe­cu­tions until vac­cines were avail­able to all mem­bers of the pub­lic. In her rul­ing, Judge Ingr…