Most of Georgia Has No Way to Fix Wrongful Convictions — Here’s Why That Must Change
Only 3 of Georgia’s 159 counties can check for wrongful convictions. The other 156 have no team and no process. Here’s why that must change.
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An Estimated 2,500 Innocent People Are Imprisoned in Georgia — State Officials Bear Responsibility for Every Day They Remain Behind Bars
An estimated 2,500 innocent people are imprisoned in Georgia. A GPS analysis documents 610 years of wrongful imprisonment, systemic racial disparities, and the state failures driving wrongful convictions.
Wrongful Convictions in Georgia: An Estimated 2,500 Innocent People Imprisoned at a Cost of Millions to Taxpayers
An estimated 2,500 innocent people are imprisoned in Georgia. With 51 documented exonerations and a new $75,000/year compensation law, the fiscal and human costs demand legislative action.
The Death of Habeas Corpus Is Killing Innocent People
For 830 years, habeas corpus protected the innocent from unlawful imprisonment—until Georgia destroyed it. The 2004 four-year deadline traps wrongfully convicted people in a prison system that killed 100+ by homicide in 2024. The Great Writ is dead. The innocent are dying with it.