Georgia Supreme Court Removes COVID-19 Vaccine Barrier to Executions
The Georgia Supreme Court has lifted a pandemic-related barrier to executions, ruling that COVID-19 vaccines are now sufficiently available to the public. This decision overturns a previous ruling by a lower court that had paused executions due to vaccine availability concerns. The case involved the execution of death row inmate Virgil Delano Presnell Jr., which was halted by a 2022 decision. The high court's ruling, authored by Justice Carla Wong McMillian, stated that the availability of vaccines for the general public negates the previous legal impediment. However, another legal condition related to inmate visitation remains unresolved. 
