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  • Man seeks clemency to avoid what could be Georgia's first execution in more than 4 years

    03/19/2024 2:14:35 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 34 replies
    MSN ^ | 3/18 | Jeff Martin
    A Georgia man should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled and feels remorse for killing his former girlfriend three decades ago, his lawyers wrote in seeking clemency for him. Willie James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday using the sedative pentobarbital in what would be the state’s first execution in more than four years. Pye was convicted of murder and other crimes in the November 1993 killing of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. A clemency hearing is set for Tuesday. In Georgia, those hearings are conducted in secret, with the result announced afterward. “Had defense counsel...