GPS This Week — Apr 25 – May 9, 2026

When the Heat Comes for the Old: Georgia’s Aging Prisoners Brace for Another Deadly Summer

May 3, 2026

Three of Georgia’s 35 prisons are fully air-conditioned. More than 13,000 incarcerated Georgians are 50 or older. As another deadly summer arrives — and federal courts call prison heat unconstitutional — Georgia’s aging prisoners are stacked into uncooled dorms with no published heat ceiling.

One Justice, One Year: How Georgia Erased a 146-Year Rule

May 3, 2026  ·  No Way Out, Part 3

In 2008, the Georgia Supreme Court 4–3 confirmed that defendants could challenge a void conviction under a statute Georgia had carried since 1863. Fourteen months later, after one justice retired, a new 4–3 majority erased the rule. Same statute. Same words. Different result.

Burned by the State: Junk Forensic Science and the Georgia Cases the Courts Won’t Reopen

Apr 29, 2026  ·  No Way Out, Part 2

Maria Montalvo, Sheila Denton, Dasha Fincher: across arson, bite marks, and field drug tests, junk forensic science continues to convict the innocent. Georgia is the national outlier — and almost nothing in state law lets the courts correct the record.