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       ~ Willie James Pye, 20Mar24, (GA) ~
       By: BuzzC Date: March 20, 2024, 12:11 pm
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       Georgia Plans First Execution in Over 4 Years--
       Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
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       A Georgia man convicted of killing his former girlfriend three
       decades ago is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday in what
       will be the state's first execution in more than four years.
       Willie James Pye, 59, was convicted of murder and other crimes
       in the November 1993 killing of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. The
       planned lethal injection using the sedative pentobarbital is set
       to happen at 7 p.m. at the state prison in Jackson.
       Pye had been in an on-and-off romantic relationship with
       Yarbrough, but at the time she was killed Yarbrough was living
       with another man. Pye, Chester Adams and a 15-year-old had
       planned to rob that man and bought a handgun before heading to a
       party in a nearby town, prosecutors have said.
       The trio left the party around midnight and went to the house
       where Yarbrough lived, finding her alone with her baby. They
       forced their way into the house, stole a ring and necklace from
       Yarbrough and forced her to come with them, leaving the baby
       alone, prosecutors have said.
       The group drove to a motel, where they r*p*d Yarbrough and then
       left the motel with her in the car, prosecutors said. They
       turned onto a dirt road and Pye ordered Yarbrough out of the
       car, made her lie face down and shot her three times, according
       to court filings.
       Yarbrough’s body was found on Nov. 17, 1993, a few hours after
       she was killed. Pye, Adams and the teenager were quickly
       arrested. Pye and Adams denied knowing anything about
       Yarbrough’s death, but the teenager confessed and implicated the
       other two.
       The teenager reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and was
       the main witness at Pye’s trial. A jury in June 1996 found Pye
       guilty of murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, r*p* and burglary,
       and sentenced him to death.
       Pye's co-defendant Adams, now 55, pleaded guilty in April 1997
       to charges of malice murder, kidnapping with bodily injury,
       armed robbery, r*p* and aggravated sodomy. He got five
       consecutive life prison sentences and remains behind bars.
       Pye is scheduled to be the first person executed in Georgia
       since January 2020.
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       Re: ~ Willie James Pye, 20Mar24, (GA) ~
       By: BuzzC Date: March 20, 2024, 11:38 pm
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       Georgia executes inmate Willie James Pye--
       Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
       ATLANTA (WSAV) — The Georgia Attorney General announced that
       Willie James Pye, an inmate sentenced to death for the 1993
       kidnapping, robbery, rape, and murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough
       was executed at 11:03 p.m. on Wednesday.
       Pye’s attorneys asked for a delay in the execution that was
       originally scheduled at 7 p.m., but that request was ultimately
       denied by the SCOTUS earlier tonight.
       The 59-year-old died at the Georgia Diagnostic and
       Classification Center in Jackson, Ga.
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