Abstract
On April 10, 1995, Gov. Zell Miller signed into law Georgia's Death Penalty Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1995. The Act is premised upon the following findings and determinations of the General Assembly: that through direct appeal, sentence review, and habeas corpus the state now provides persons sentenced to death "adequate opportunities" to assert their constitutional rights; that habeas corpus proceedings should not be used by persons sentenced to death "solely as a delaying tactic under the guise of asserting rights;" and that "strict compliance" with habeas corpus procedures "will prevent the waste of limited resources and will eliminate unnecessary delays in carrying out death sentences ..."
Repository Citation
Donald E. Wilkes Jr.,
The Georgia Death Penalty Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1995
(1995),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/224
The Georgia Defender, pp. 1-3 (November 1995)