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The Sleeping Giants: Two Georgia Statutes That Could Unlock Post-Conviction Justice — Advocate Explainer

Two Georgia statutes — one mandating habeas relief, one declaring void judgments nullities — already contain the power to reshape post-conviction justice. Courts nullified them. Advocates can demand enforcement.

Two Georgia Laws Already Require Post-Conviction Relief — Courts Have Spent Decades Refusing to Enforce Them

Two Georgia statutes already mandate post-conviction relief — one for 160 years. GPS documents how courts systematically narrowed both into near-irrelevance.

Two Old Georgia Laws Could Free Wrongly Convicted People — If the State Would Enforce Them

Two Georgia laws — one over 160 years old — could help wrongly convicted people. But courts have gutted them. The fix: make the state enforce its own laws.