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Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Georgia. Georgia reintroduced the death penalty in 1973 after ''Furman v. Georgia'' ruled all states' death penalty statutes unconstitutional. The first execution to take place afterwards occurred in 1983. As of November 20, 2015, 59 people in total have been executed since then.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=State by State Database )〕 As of November 20, 2015, 77 men are on death row awaiting execution. ==Capital crimes in Georgia== The following are the current capital crimes in the state of Georgia: *Aircraft hijacking *Treason *Murder with the following aggravating circumstances: * *Offender has a prior capital conviction.〔Also applies to rape, armed robbery, or kidnapping. However, in 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in ''Kennedy v. Louisiana'', that "the death penalty should not be expanded to instances where the victim’s life was not taken".〕 * *Offender was in the process of committing another capital crime, aggravated battery, burglary, or arson.〔〔 * *Offender used or possessed a weapon or device capable of causing significant harm to more than one person simultaneously.〔〔 * *Offender committed offense for monetary gain. * *The victim was or had been a judicial officer, district attorney, or solicitor general, and was murdered for reasons relating to their employment as such. * *Murder-for-hire * *The victim was tortured.〔〔 * *The victim was a law enforcement officer or firefighter and was performing his/her official duties. * *The offender was in the custody of, or had escaped from, law enforcement or a correctional facility. * *The offender was resisting arrest. * *The offender had a prior conviction for rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, or aggravated sexual battery.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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