{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-1-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-1-2","heading":"Purposes of title.","body":"The general purposes of this title are:\n(1) To forbid and prevent conduct which unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests;\n(2) To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct forbidden and the sentence authorized upon conviction;\n(3) To define that which constitutes each crime; and\n(4) To prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the seriousness of crimes and which permit recognition of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual criminals.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"9fe0a8fab68529c8fc7f5eda0806675434b0613836464ff3af682f0dab63ac3c","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-1-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-1-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}