gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIntellectually disabled could be shielded from Georgia’s death penalty, pending governor’s signaturegeorgiarecorder.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squaresocphoenix@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoThis is good but why was this not already the case Georgia??
minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoEven though a purple State, Georgia’s literal political map is designed to keep State power from the citizens of Atlanta. Rural voters and reactionary politics like ‘tough on crime’, have been dominant there since the failure of Reconstruction.
minus-squareblakenong@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 days agoBecause most Georgians fall under that category
This is good but why was this not already the case Georgia??
Even though a purple State, Georgia’s literal political map is designed to keep State power from the citizens of Atlanta. Rural voters and reactionary politics like ‘tough on crime’, have been dominant there since the failure of Reconstruction.
Because most Georgians fall under that category