A State Locking Up More People Than Any Democracy on Earth Georgia cages people at a rate of 881 per 100,000 residents, outpacing every democratic nation in the world. This isn’t an accident of policy. It’s a system that has expanded for four decades and now touches more than half a million Georgians.
Execution Date Set in Georgia: What Families Need to Know The Georgia Department of Corrections has announced an execution date for Stacey Humphreys, a man convicted in Cobb County for the 2003 murders of Cyndi Williams and Lori Brown. The Cobb County Superior Court ordered that the execution take place between December 17 and December 24, 2025.
A team of volunteer attorneys says they’ve uncovered hidden evidence that could overturn the conviction of Bishop Kenneth Adkins. They’re calling it a Brady violation of the highest order — that’s when prosecutors hide evidence that could help prove someone’s innocence. According to these Atlanta attorneys, former Brunswick District Attorney Jackie Johnson and a GBI agent concealed a letter written by Bishop Adkins before his 2017 trial.
When I first returned to writing in prison, I didn’t have the luxury of long stretches of time or quiet spaces. Writing had to be done in scraps—on my bunk or in a noisy common room. I turned to a stream-of-consciousness style out of necessity; it let me get words down before the noise, or the guards, or another inmate’s needs interrupted them.
Our analysis of prison rules and sanctions across all fifty states and the federal system — as well as accounts of incarcerated people — reveal troubling trends in how the carceral system punishes people for a physiological process they have no control over.
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Attorney and reform advocate Jeff Grant returns to Justice Notes with a timely and provocative analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of Ellingburg v. United States.
