General questions regarding Georgia DR

[BabyLawyer]

Hi,

I'm currently co-authoring a paper on the use of the death penalty in Georgia during 2011. I'm struggling to find information on a couple of issues and was hoping someone may have the information I need.

1. What is the transfer process to DR?
2. What are the visitation arrangements on the day of execution?
3. Who can observe the execution or accompany the inmate?

BabyLawyer.

[mammastalkin]

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[BabyLawyer]

Following the message from the moderator I just thought I would quickly explain further what I was doing in case anyone was worried about providing any information. As you can see I am not requesting information about any personal experiences and would not publish anything that I have seen discussed on this forum. The paper I am writing is purely factual, attempting to give an unbiased view of the use of the death penalty and the conditions on DR.
It quite simply is that the sites providing information on the death penalty focus exclusively on the method, number of prisoners etc, which whilst helpful does not provide all the information I require. After searching for the past few hours I thought I would ask to see if anyone knew or could direct me to the relevant information.

Thanks

BabyLawyer

[mammastalkin]

I know that the victim's famliy can witness and of course the media can as well. This article mentions that Troy Davis' famliy witnessed his death.

Here is another article:In addition to Davis's family members as well as those of the victim, five reporters witnessed the execution. It should be noted that Davis refused his last meal, saying: "This will not be my last meal." That goes on to mention the media witnesses. Maybe one of them could help you.