Rethinking Georgia’s death penalty
A group of Georgia conservatives are calling for a “re-think” of the death penalty. At this point, however, they don’t have plans to call to end it. In 2016, the amount of people put to death was the lowest it’s been in 25 years in the U.S., but Georgia and Texas accounted for 80 percent of the nation’s deaths, with Georgia executing more prisoners than any other state. Rep. Brett Harrell (R-Snellville), a member of