Willie James Pye was executed on March 20, 2024 despite being deemed intellectually disabled by multiple experts. (Georgia Department of Corrections via Associated Press) ...

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 ...

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 ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Last year, Georgia executed Willie James Pye, whose IQ was low enough to indicate that ... His lawyers argued he was intellectually disabled and brain damaged. In another case that drew ...