Capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

was completely abolished on 1 May 2000 when Protocol 6 to the ECHR was signed. Later Georgia also adopted the Second Optional Protocol to the

ICCPR The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is a multilateral treaty that commits nations to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedo ...

. Capital punishment was replaced with life imprisonment. The last death sentence carried out in Georgia took place in 1995. It was carried out for murder; the prisoner was executed by a single shot to the back of the head.

References

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