Opinion ID: 1323520
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Execution by Electrocution

Text: The warden urges this Court on procedural grounds to conclude that the habeas court erred in finding that execution by electrocution is cruel and unusual punishment. This portion of the judgment of the habeas court must be affirmed, as this Court's recent decision in Dawson v. State, 274 Ga. 327, 554 S.E.2d 137 (2001), declared execution by electrocution to be unconstitutional and directed that all future executions in Georgia be carried out by lethal injection in accordance with OCGA § 17-10-38, as amended. Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part in Case No. S01A0840. Judgment affirmed in Case No. S01X0842.