The American Bar Association's Georgia Death Penalty Assessment Team released a report looking at the circumstances in that particular state and felt that one of the major problems they had found was inadequate defence counsel, and a concern that defendants already on death row may not have had adequate counsel at the time of their trials.
Ameerika Kohtuassotsiatsiooni Georgia surmanuhtluse hindamise üksus esitas raporti, milles võetakse arvesse selle konkreetse osariigi asjaolusid ning sedastatakse, et üks nende tuvastatud peamisi probleeme on ebaadekvaatne kaitse, samuti väljendatakse muret, et juba surmanuhtluse saanud süüalustel ei pruukinud olla asjakohast kaitset oma kohtuprotsessi ajal.