Georgia is one of only four states — along with South Carolina, Wyoming and Arkansas — without an official hate crimes law.
A Georgia man convicted of throwing scalding water on a sleeping same-sex couple told one of them to"get out of my house with all that gay," a victim testified, yet he couldn't be charged with a hate crime because the state has no such law.
The state Supreme Court overturned a previous law in 2004 and bills that would have brought Georgia in line with federal law failed to pass over the past two legislative sessions. Those cases resulted in lengthy prison sentences, but a hate crimes law could have extended their terms. The most recent Georgia bill, sponsored by a Republican, got stuck in a Senate committee after passing the House. Senate Judiciary Chairman Jesse Stone, a Republican from Waynesboro, did not respond to phone calls requesting comment on why the bill was not heard in his committee.
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