{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-16.1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-10-16.1","heading":"Seeking death penalty not prerequisite to life without parole sentence.","body":"A person may be sentenced to life without parole without the prosecutor seeking the death penalty under the laws of this state.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 10 Sentence and Punishment","Article 1 Procedure for Sentencing and Imposition of Punishment"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.17.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":"21e42c0c201b4c0c108299287a57c40ecb019e1d79cb9a051a2200fa53d9da5c","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-16","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}