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House panel approves easing burden of proof of intellectual disability in capital cases

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ATLANTA – Legislation that would make it easier for defendants in death penalty cases to establish intellectual disability as a defense cleared a Georgia House committee Wednesday. “Georgia is the only state in our nation that is executing those with intellectual disabilities,” Rep. Bill Werkheiser, R-Glennville, chief sponsor of House Bill 123, told members of the House Judiciary Committee (Non-Civil). Werkheiser’s bill would make two changes t…

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House panel passes bill to lower chances of death penalty for people with intellectual disabilities

This undated photo shows the death chamber at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson, Ga. Photo by Georgia Department of Corrections/Getty ImagesA proposal designed to minimize the potential that Georgia executes someone with an intellectual disability unanimously advanced out of a House committee Wednesday. The bill faced opposition from district attorneys opposed to the creation of a new pre-trial hearing focused solely on whether a defendan…

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House panel approves easing burden of proof of intellectual disability in capital cases

ATLANTA – Legislation that would make it easier for defendants in death penalty cases to establish intellectual disability as a defense cleared a Georgia House committee Wednesday. “Georgia is the only state in our nation that is executing those with intellectual disabilities,” Rep. Bill Werkheiser, R-Glennville, chief sponsor of House Bill 123, told members of the House Judiciary Committee (Non-Civil). Werkheiser’s bill would make two changes t…

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