joining other states that have revived the practice as the death penalty in the U.S. entered a new frontier of punishment this year. Willie James Pye, 59, was convicted in the 1993 killing of an ...
If a Georgian accused of capital offenses and facing the death penalty is found intellectually disabled, the court would ...
Under current law, a defendant must prove their disability beyond a reasonable doubt — a high standard that’s unique to Georgia.
As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.
The execution of Willie James Pye has reignited debate over Georgia's death penalty standards, highlighting the challenges defendants face under the current legal framework. State Rep. Bill ...
People on death row who are not covered by the agreement have since become eligible for execution. One of them, Willie James Pye, was put to death last March. The attorney general's office ...
That bill was proposed just months before Willie James Pye ... in the 1993 rape and shooting death of his former girlfriend, Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. Pye's lawyers argued he was intellectually ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Last year, Georgia executed Willie James Pye, whose IQ was low enough to ... to make it easier for someone facing the death penalty to prove they are intellectually disabled ...