Georgia Code § 16-1-2

Purposes of title
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The general purposes of this title are: (1) To forbid and prevent conduct which unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests; (2) To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct forbidden and the sentence authorized upon conviction; (3) To define that which constitutes each crime; and (4) To prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the seriousness of crimes and which permit recognition of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual criminals.
The general purposes of this title are: (1) To forbid and prevent conduct which unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests; (2) To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct forbidden and the sentence authorized upon conviction; (3) To define that which constitutes each crime; and (4) To prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the seriousness of crimes and which permit recognition of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual criminals.
The general purposes of this title are: (1) To forbid and prevent conduct which unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests; (2) To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct forbidden and the sentence authorized upon conviction; (3) To define that which constitutes each crime; and (4) To prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the seriousness of crimes and which permit recognition of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual criminals.
The general purposes of this title are:
(1) To forbid and prevent conduct which unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests;
(2) To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct forbidden and the sentence authorized upon conviction;
(3) To define that which constitutes each crime; and
(4) To prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the seriousness of crimes and which permit recognition of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual criminals.

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