As Georgia plans to carry out its first execution in more than four years on Wednesday, the condemned inmate’s attorneys argue he should be spared because of an intellectual disability and a troubled upbringing, evidence of which were never heard by his jury at trial. Indeed, three of Willie Pye’s jurors are now opposed to his execution, citing factors in the inmate’s background that were not presented by what his clemency petition says was an overworked and ineffective public defender. The...
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A Georgia man convicted of killing his former girlfriend three decades ago has been put to death in the state's first execution in more than four years
A Georgia man convicted of killing his former girlfriend three decades ago has been put to death in the state's first execution in more than four years
A Georgia man, Willie James Pye, 59, was executed at 11:03 p.m. Wednesday for the murder of his former girlfriend, Alicia Lynn Yarbrough, in a crime that took place over three decades ago. This marks the state's return to carrying out the death penalty after a hiatus of more than four years.Pye accepted a final prayer, but did not record a final statement.In November 1996, Pye was convicted of the 1993 murder and other serious crimes following Yarbrough's shooting death. The execution, conducted...
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man convicted of the killing of his former girlfriend three decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening in the state’s first execution in more than four years. Willie James Pye, 59, received an injection of the sedative pentobarbital and was pronounced dead at 11:03 p.m. at the state []
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man convicted of the killing of his former girlfriend three decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening in the state’s first execution in more than four years. Willie James Pye, 59, received an injection of the sedative pentobarbital and was pronounced dead at 11:03 p.m. at the state []
Georgia man convicted of 1993 killing of ex-girlfriend is put to death in
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