The execution of Willie James Pye has reignited debate over ... burden of proof for intellectual disability in death penalty cases, with a bill that has passed the House and is pending in the ...

shows inmate Willie James Pye. Credit: AP Pye was convicted in the 1993 abduction, rape and shooting death of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. His lawyers argued he was intellectually disabled and brain damaged ...

Last year, the state put to death Willie Pye, convicted in the 1996 kidnapping ... of proof to establish a defendant in a capital case has an intellectual disability. However, he argued that ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Last year, Georgia executed Willie James Pye, whose IQ was low enough to ... disabled and brain damaged. In another case that drew national attention, Warren Lee Hill was executed ...

That bill was proposed just months before Willie James Pye, whose IQ was allegedly low ... protect themselves," Werkheiser said. In another case, Warren Lee Hill was executed in Georgia in 2015 ...

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

Under current law, a defendant must prove their disability beyond a reasonable doubt — a high standard that’s unique to Georgia.