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COVID-related agreement continues to shield some on Georgia's death row from execution
- Georgia's attorney general and death row lawyers reached a 2021 agreement setting conditions to resume executions for some prisoners.
- The agreement requires three conditions, including COVID-19 judicial emergency end, normal prison visitation, and public vaccine availability, though dispute exists over their fulfillment.
- Fulton County Judge Ingram ruled seeking execution dates before meeting conditions breaches the binding agreement, highlighting vaccine availability as unmet since newborns lack access.
- The agreement applies to less than ten of Georgia's 34 death row inmates, while experts testified that a COVID-19 vaccine for infants under six months is likely to become available, though it is not yet on the market.
- The state plans to appeal, contesting continued agreement validity as conditions are claimed met, while defense attorneys maintain its enforcement, keeping some executions on hold.
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COVID-related agreement continues to shield some on Georgia's death row from execution
The fact that the COVID-19 vaccine is not available for newborn babies is shielding a group of prisoners on Georgia’s death row from execution.
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