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Georgia Supreme Court removes obstacle for death row executions delayed by COVID pandemic
- On Tuesday, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a pandemic-era vaccine condition for death row inmates has been satisfied, clearing a major legal hurdle for potential executions.
- Following 2021 negotiations, the state and death row inmates established an Agreement delaying executions until six months after three pandemic conditions were met, including the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine 'to all members of the public.'
- Defense attorneys argued the condition remained unmet because vaccines were not approved for infants under 6 months old; the Supreme Court rejected this, ruling the Agreement does not require FDA approval for every age group.
- The ruling removes the primary legal obstacle for the execution of Virgil Delano Presnell, though the case now returns to Fulton County Superior Court for further proceedings regarding remaining conditions.
- Questions regarding prison visitation remain unresolved, as the court noted this issue has not yet been fully litigated, leaving a secondary condition as a potential barrier to restarting executions.
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Georgia high court scraps vaccine‑based pause on executions
ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court has removed a pandemic-era barrier to executions, checking off a legal condition that must be met before ending the lives of certain inmates sentenced to death. The decision overturned a lower court ruling that…
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Georgia Supreme Court removes COVID-19 execution barrier
The availability of COVID-19 vaccines for babies played a key role in a Georgia Supreme Court decision involving death row inmates. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe Georgia Supreme Court ended an agreement preventing the execution of nine death row inmates, even though the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved the COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of 6 months. Here’s how those two things are related. According to the court, the 2021 …
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