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6 days ago · Advertisement. The execution – Georgia’s first in more than four years – was carried out by lethal injection at 11:03 p.m. at a prison in Jackson, about 50 miles south of Atlanta, the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a news release. Pye did not make a final statement, it said.
Mar 20, 2024 · Georgia Department of Corrections/Reuters. CNN —. The state of Georgia on Wednesday executed death row inmate Willie Pye, who was convicted and sentenced to die for the 1993 murder of Alicia...
Mar 20, 2024 · By Erik Ortiz. Georgia late Wednesday executed a man for the first time since January 2020, joining other states that have revived the practice as the death penalty in the U.S. entered a new...
Mar 21, 2024 · March 21, 2024. GEORGIA – On Wednesday, the state of Georgia carried out the execution of Willie Pye, a man on death row found guilty of murdering Alicia Lynn Yarbrough in 1993. Executed by lethal injection at 11:03 p.m. in a Jackson prison, located approximately 50 miles south of Atlanta, as announced by the Georgia Department of Corrections ...
Mar 7, 2024 · Georgia. The Georgia Attorney General has announced that Willie James Pye, who previously had his death sentence reversed due to his attorney’s failure to investigate his background, only to see the death sentence reinstated on appeal, is set to be executed on March 20. Mr.
Mar 20, 2024 · On March 19, 2024, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole denied clemency for Willie Pye (pictured), who is scheduled to be executed on March 20, despite arguments that he has an intellectual disability and is therefore ineligible for execution, per Georgia state law and U.S. Supreme Court precedent. Convicted in 1996 for the 1993 murder of ...
Mar 20, 2024 · March 20 (UPI) -- Georgia is set to execute Willie James Pye, convicted in the 1993 death of his former girlfriend, Wednesday after he was denied clemency. The execution was scheduled to go...