This article refers to
crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...
in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
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
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.
Statistics
In the period between 1877 and 1950, the state was the site of at least 586
lynchings of black people, the most of any state.
In 2008, there were 434,560 crimes reported in Georgia, including 650 murders, 387,009 property crimes, and 2,344 rapes.
Capital punishment laws
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 ...
is applied in this state.
Up until 2009, juvenile offenders could be charged as adults for crimes called the
seven deadly sins
The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, is a grouping and classification of vices within Christian teachings. Although they are not directly mentioned in the Bible, there are parallels with the seven things ...
.
See also
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Crime in Atlanta
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Gangs in Georgia
The US state of Georgia has seen a rise in the number of gangs over recent years, in the main focused on the illegal drug trade.
Development of gangs
Many gangs started appearing in Georgia in the mid 1980s, as a result of the crack cocaine epide ...
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Law of Georgia (U.S. state)
References
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